Darcy Nicole Brioso and Delta Lynn Jackson have been charged in a state court in Washington in connection with an insurance fraud investigation by the Washington Insurance Department's Criminal Investigations Unit (“CIU”).
Ms. Brioso, 44, was charged with first-degree theft and first-degree identify theft. Ms. Jackson, 24, was charged with first-degree theft. Both women were charged by the state attorney general's office. Ms. Brioso is Ms. Jackson's foster mother.
According to prosecutors, Ms. Brioso and Ms. Jackson collected more than $400,000 from AFLAC by filing multiple fraudulent claims from 2012 until 2015. Prosecutors alleged that the claims involved fake medical bills for injuries, surgeries, hospital stays, and medical treatments and listed medical providers in Washington, Idaho, Oregon, and Montana. Many of the alleged injuries also involved subsequent short-term disability claims, according to the charges.
As alleged, some of the fraudulent claims included:
- More than $91,000 in medical bills for Ms. Brioso for an ankle fracture after an ATV accident, pneumonia diagnosis, broken bones from a car accident, and short-term disability claims.
- Nearly $34,000 in medical bills for Ms. Jackson for broken bones sustained in a car accident, a liver cyst, and short-term disability claims.
- Nearly $20,000 in medical bills and short-term disability claims on behalf of Ms. Brioso's former employee and roommate for a broken hip sustained in a car accident.
Steven A. Meyerowitz
Steven A. Meyerowitz, a Harvard Law School graduate, is the founder and president of Meyerowitz Communications Inc., a law firm marketing communications consulting company. He may be contacted at [email protected].