Fraud of the Week

October 26, 2015

Policy Inception Fraud—Pennsylvania

AMOUNT: unknown

 

A Pennsylvania man has been charged with fraudulently obtaining insurance after an accident occurred and claiming that he had insurance before the accident. Shortly after 6 p.m. on February 12, the man became involved in an auto accident. Seven minutes later, he completed a Progressive Insurance application for a policy from his cell phone and presented the police with the policy number as proof of insurance. He later told a Progressive adjuster that he bought the policy from a computer at work and not from his cell phone. He is charged with felony insurance fraud, and bail was set at $10,000.

 

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