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Facebook post leads to 2 counts of insurance fraud

Social media post shows claimant wearing wedding rings after they were lost

By Patricia Harman | Updated on October 23, 2014
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Score another win for social media as an investigative tool. Maria Apodaca Simmons of Phoenix, Ariz., claimed in June 2013 that she had lost her wedding rings a few days after her wedding while swimming in the Pacific Ocean. She told Travelers Insurance they were worth $26,500 and the insurer paid.

It seems like losing wedding rings runs in the family because Simmons filed a similar claim for her husband’s wedding ring in October 2013.

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