Insurance Fraud Charge Reduced to a Civil Penalty

In Allegheny county, a 47-year-old woman was faced with charges of insurance fraud, when her carrier alleged that after a recent auto accident, she poured a substance onto her car to cause more damages. The woman, who worked at an animal shelter had no prior criminal history was facing a seven-year sentence so she retained the services of the Pittsburgh attorneys at Worgul, Sarna & Ness, Criminal Defense Attorneys, LLC.

We negotiated on our client’s behalf and had the insurance fraud charge reduced to a civil penalty of $1,000 to be paid in monthly installments of $250. Also, since our client had no previous history, we are now working towards finalizing an expungement to remove the transgression from her record.

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