False Claim Fraud — Washington

Amount: $10,617

A Washington woman pleaded guilty to one felony count of filing a fraudulent insurance claim for a diamond ring. In 2016 she filed a $10,617 fraudulent insurance claim for a two-carat diamond ring she said she lost the day before. A year later, she filed a claim with Allstate Insurance for the same ring, stating it had been stolen from her apartment. When she was questioned by Allstate about the State Farm claim, she said she was not aware of the claim or the resulting payment. Allstate denied the claim and then referred the case to the Criminal Investigation Unit. In April 2018 the fraudster's former fiancé showed detectives the ring, receipt, diamond certificate, and a picture of the fraudster wearing the ring in October of 2016, after she filed and was paid for the lost ring. The ex-fiancé said he was not aware of the State Farm claim. She was sentenced to 240 hours of community service and ordered to repay State Farm $10,617.