State Charges Couple with Insurance Fraud Over $15K Engagement Ring

Zian Scott Snyder, 29, and Alicia Maria Hill, 26, of Cantonment, Florida have been charged with scheme to defraud, insurance fraud, grand theft, and conspiracy to commit insurance fraud by the Florida Division of Insurance Fraud (DIF) for alleged false claims over a custom-made engagement ring.

According to an article on NorthEscambia.com, the couple filed a false claim on a $15,000 ring that Hill claimed she lost swimming in the Gulf. She was also recorded claiming she lost the ring on a boat in the Gulf. Four days after filing the claim with her insurance company, Hill took the ring to Marks and Morgan Jewelry store in Ft. Walton Beach to have the ring repaired.. The custom-made ring was identified by photographs taken at the Ft. Walton Beach jewelry store.

Around the same time the couple filed the insurance claim, the store manager of the Jewelry store told authorities she witnessed the ring for sale on Craigslist and that she was positive that it was the same ring in question because she was the one who custom made the ring. The couple told her that the ring had not been stolen, but was eaten by a dog and was later recovered.

A month after the couple filed the insurance claim, Hill called the insurance company to report that the ring had been recovered. The insurance company then advised that the ring or the check must be returned. Three days after Hill informed the insurance company of the recovery, she changed her story once again, stating that it was actually a different ring that was recovered.

The insurance company told state investigators that neither the ring nor the insurance proceeds were ever returned by the couple.

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