Four North Carolina Men Charged in Insurance Scam

As reported by The-Dispatch.com, four North Carolina men have been charged by the N.C. Department of Insurance with charges including insurance fraud, felony conspiracy, injury to real property and attempting to obtain property by false pretense. Phillip Brandon Edwards, Mark William Madison, Joel Jayson Smith and Brandon Richard Turner are being accused of deliberately damaging roofs in at least two homes to obtain insurance payment from United Services Automobile Association under false pretense.

The National Insurance Crime Bureau, Thomasville Police Department, Davidson County Sheriff’s Office and Concord Police Department are the agencies that assisted with the investigation.

“According to the FBI, insurance fraud costs the average family between $400 and $700 per year in the form of increased premiums,” North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey said in a news release. National Insurance Crime Bureau has seen a rise in potential fraudulent roofing claims and complaints with over 150 referral complaints in 2014 and 2015.

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