Dead-cat claim leads to fraud charge
Friday, July 6th, 2012 Liability PropertyA Washington man has been charged with insurance fraud and attempted theft after using photos from the Internet to file a $20,000 insurance claim for a dead cat that didn’t exist, officials said Thursday. Yevgeniy Samsonov, 29, of Tacoma, was involved in a minor traffic accident in 2009, and the other driver’s insurer paid about $3,500 to cover chiropractic treatment. More than two years later, Samsonov claimed that his cat Tom had been killed in the accident, and he sought $20,000 in compensation.
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