A Hemet, Calif. woman, whose family has been filing false claims since 2007, has been sentenced after authorities discovered she had been scheming with her former boyfriend and his father.
Olivia Lewis, 28, and her former boyfriend's father, Albert Adams, reported Lewis was struck by former boyfriend Nicky Adams' vehicle in 2007. The claim was deemed legitimate and Lewis collected $8,500 for medical expenses.
A year later, in November 2008, Nicky Adams' cousin Selina Fiaschetti, 27, and significant other Bobby Petro, 24, were arrested after filing a similar claim. They alleged Fiaschetti was hit by Petro's vehicle in a parking lot, but the claim was found to be false, and the two plead guilty to felony insurance fraud charges.
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