Eight Sentenced in $1.2M Travel Insurance Fraud Scheme

Eight radical person been sentenced to situation for their roles successful a $1.2 cardinal question security fraud kickback scheme, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Indiana announced.

According to tribunal documents, Jennifer Fleener devised a strategy successful 2016 to taxable and o.k. fraudulent travel‑insurance claims done her employer, “T.M,” headquartered successful Houston. T.M. has a question part successful Indianapolis that sells short‑term question aesculapian security to individuals traveling extracurricular the United States. Jennifer Fleener received wealth from the fraudulent claims.

Jennifer Fleener worked astatine T.M. from 2012 to 2021 arsenic a case‑management supervisor and claims handler. In this role, she had elaborate cognition of T.M.’s policy‑issuance and claims‑processing procedures.

Jennifer Fleener’s ex-husband Mike Fleener joined the strategy successful 2016, and the 2 recruited individuals to enactment successful the fraud. Most of the individuals lived successful the Philippines.

Beginning successful 2019, Jennifer Fleener expanded the strategy by recruiting T.M. employees, their families, and associates.

Jennifer Fleener instructed each enlistee to acquisition security policies for themselves oregon others and past submitted falsified claims. As a claims handler, Fleener approved fraudulent submissions without secondary review. T.M. mailed payout checks straight to the claimants, and the proceeds were divided among the co‑conspirators, with Fleener receiving a share.

In total, the conspiracy was liable for filing 441 fraudulent claims, resulting successful $1.2 cardinal to T.M.

The 8 defendants each pleaded blameworthy to conspiracy to perpetrate message and ligament fraud. Jennifer Fleener was sentenced to 57 months successful prison, and Mike Fleener was sentenced to 48 months. Another suspect was sentenced to a year, portion the 5 others volition service probation.

Source: U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Indiana

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