Fraud of the Week

October 5, 2015

Auto Damage – Washington

AMOUNT: $33,000.00

 

A Washington man filed a false police report claiming that he was driving and hit a freeway barrier. He submitted claims for more than $33,000 for damage to the auto and dental work. His girlfriend later contacted the State Insurance Department investigators and confessed that she was the driver of the vehicle and that her boyfriend was not with her at the time. However a few years later she reported her pickup truck as stolen, and filed a claim. A month later she confessed that she had taken it in for repairs and was being held due to nonpayment. The gentleman pleaded guilty and was sentenced to three months in jail and ordered to pay $910 in restitution and court costs. The girlfriend's charge of perjury for falsely reporting her truck as stolen will be dismissed provided she completes a diversion program in two years, and pays $700 in court fees.