Two North Carolina insurance coverage brokers have been accused of submitting false insurance coverage claims to gather greater than $30,000, authorities stated.
The North Carolina Division of Insurance coverage stated in a information launch that Christian LaFabian Ratliff, 34, of Rockingham, was charged with insurance coverage fraud acquiring property by false pretense, each felonies. Ratliff additionally was charged with two misdemeanor counts of creating false statements in an software for insurance coverage.
The division additionally stated Jamel Dante Buie, 43, of Hamlet, is going through related fees.
Particular brokers with the Division of Insurance coverage’s Felony Investigations Division accuse Ratliff of acquiring $29,528 in commissions by submitting life insurance coverage functions containing false data to 2 insurance coverage firms.
Particular brokers with the division accused Buie of acquiring $4,758 in commissions by submitting false functions between November 2020 and August 2021. The division stated Ratliff’s offenses occurred between October 2020 and August 2021.
Ratliff and Buie had been scheduled to seem in Richmond County District Courtroom on Thursday.
