7 In South Carolina Plead Guilty To Defrauding Aflac But Get No Jail Time

Seven group successful South Carolina pleaded blameworthy this week to a strategy to defraud Aflac Insurance and different insurers retired of much than $70,000 by making mendacious claims pinch forged documents.

But they won’t beryllium going to prison.

The South Carolina Department of Insurance said nan group had revenge dozens of claims, utilizing immoderate of nan aforesaid forged aesculapian records. Aflac reported nan fraudulent claims to nan DOI, and nan South Carolina Law Enforcement Division investigated.

Three of nan suspects received nary situation clip aft they were sentenced this week. They include:

• Maurice Kendall Kollock, who had presented 81 mendacious claims. He was sentenced to 5 years successful prison, but that jailhouse clip was suspended. He was put connected probation and was ordered to salary $67,000 successful restitution.
• Ra Kem Dal Von Townsend made 5 mendacious claims and pleaded to 1 charge. He was sentenced to 1 twelvemonth successful prison, suspended, and was ordered to salary $6,000 successful restitution.
• Laquasia Dontay Hepburn made a mendacious declare and pleaded to making a mendacious connection aliases misrepresentation pinch a worth of complete $1,000. She was sentenced to 8 months successful prison, suspended, and was ordered to salary $1,500 successful restitution.

Further accusation astir nan strategy and nan deficiency of jailhouse clip was not provided by DOI.

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