Army Officer Charged With $475K Insurance Fraud

An Army officer stationed in Alaska has been accused of filing nearly half a million dollars in phony insurance claims over about three years.Lt. Col. Christopher DeMure, 40, has been charged with mail and wire fraud and money laundering, according to a report by Alaskan television affiliate KTVA. DeMure commands the 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment of the 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, which is stationed at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson near Anchorage. Authorities allege that DeMure made more than $475,000 in false insurance claims — and received almost $400,000 — between September of 2014 and February of this year.