Tacoma Resident Falsified $14K Bodily Injury Claim

Darnell Shobey, 31, of Tacoma, pleaded guilty in Pierce County Superior Court on Feb. 23 to first-degree attempted theft, a felony. He was sentenced to serve two months in the Pierce County jail and to pay $1,200 in court fees. Officials charged Shobey after an investigation by Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler’s Criminal Investigations Unit (CIU). According to the investigation, Shobey was hit by a car while walking in September 2016. He filed $14,137 in claims with GEICO, the driver’s insurance company, for lost wages, hospital emergency room and chiropractor bills. The investigation found that all of the claims were fraudulent.