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North Carolina Man Charged with Lying About Lightning Damage

September 29, 2009

According to the arrest warrants, a Holly Springs, North Carolina man lied to his insurance companies and claimed a total of $33,971.91 in fraudulent lightning damage.

Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin reported the arrest of Earl Harvey Scott, who allegedly claimed to hear a loud boom and then his plasma television, blue-ray player and other high-end electronics stopped working. Scott allegedly made up work orders for a repair company that does not exist and used his own post office box on the fraudulent documents.

Scott is being charged with two counts of insurance fraud and two counts of obtaining property by false pretense, according to state officials. They said he was processed at the Wake County Jail and held under a $20,000 secured bond. U.S. Postal Inspector Chris Davis assisted in the investigation.

Topics North Carolina

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  • October 1, 2009 at 2:17 am
    George says:
    until the bullard story is on IJ...it's all over the wilmington NC news. That guy had quite a racket going on.
  • October 1, 2009 at 12:27 pm
    Jim Smith says:
    Sure it's fraud but this is small change compared to casualty claims, just add a Lawyer and a couple of decimal places. Reserves, schmures, don't fret the carrier will add 30%... read more
  • September 29, 2009 at 2:02 am
    matt says:
    I interpreted the article as suggesting this guy did not have any damage to electronics at all but merely used high end items to boost the insurance payout for his imaginary "... read more

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