Attorney General Anthony G. Brown announced today that the Grand Jury for Prince George’s County handed down an indictment charging Corrie Dewayne Alston, 51, of Bowie, Maryland with felony theft scheme and insurance fraud for submitting multiple fraudulent life insurance applications. The indictment includes one count of a felony theft scheme of $1,500-$25,000 and 21 counts of felony insurance fraud over $300. The investigation was led by the Attorney General’s Fraud and Corruption Unit and the Maryland Insurance Administration. While employed as an information technology specialist for the federal government, Corrie Alston also worked a secondary job as a licensed Maryland insurance agent for the Don Pope Insurance Agency, selling policies for Senior Life Insurance Company. The investigation revealed that Alston submitted 21 applications for fictitious individuals in order to be paid commissions on these fraudulent policies. In an interview with investigators, Alston later admitted that he deliberately chose Hispanic surnames because he believed Senior Life would conclude they were undocumented individuals and not attempt to further verify the Social Security Numbers that he had provided in the applications. In total, it is alleged that Alston stole approximately $5,122 in the form of wrongfully received commission payments from Senior Life […]
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