Man attempts multimillion-dollar insurance fraud
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The police yesterday arrested a man who allegedly attempted to defraud an insurance company.
Charged with conspiracy to defraud and attempting to obtain money by false pretense is Headley Thomas of a St Andrew address. He is scheduled to appear in the St Andrew Parish Court on Thursday.
According to reports from the Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency (MOCA), Thomas attempted to defraud the insurance company after a motor vehicle accident along Constant Spring Road in St Andrew in September 2015.
At the time, a report was made to the Half Way Tree Police Station, in which the accused said he was the only person travelling in the vehicle.
However, the lawmen report that between the time of the incident and February this year, Thomas attempted to obtain a four-million-dollar pay-out from his insurance company by submitting a claim that family members were also travelling in the vehicle.
Preliminary investigations by the insurance company revealed that there were no passengers in the vehicle and as such, a report was made to MOCA, leading to his arrest.
