Md. Man Burned in Car Torching Caper

March 3, 2006

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Maryland Attorney General J. Joseph Curran, Jr., reported that Mark Jason King, 35, of Brandywine, Maryland received a probationary disposition after his plea of guilty to one count of felony insurance fraud.

He was placed on 18 months supervised probation and ordered to pay $25,000.00 in restitution to the State Farm Insurance Company and perform 50 hours of community service. The charges followed a joint investigation by the Insurance Fraud Division of the Maryland Insurance Administration and the Maryland Office of the Attorney General.

King tendered the guilty plea and was sentenced on Feb. 23, 2005. According to the statement of facts presented in support of his guilty plea, King admitted to authorities at the National Security Agency (NSA) during a security clearance investigation in 2005 that he burned his 2002 Chevrolet Tahoe in August of 2002 and reported it stolen to his insurance carrier. State Farm paid $38,126.13 in benefits, mainly to the lien holder. NSA then reported the fraud to Maryland State authorities.

Immediately after imposing the sentence, King tendered payment of restitution to a representative of State Farm who was present for the plea hearing.

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  • March 6, 2006 at 12:02 pm
    C Darwin says:
    I think we should start a FrauDuh award, sort of like the Darwin awards.
  • March 5, 2006 at 7:03 am
    Caveat says:
    The State Farm claim is the least of this guys problems. NSA likely picked this up on a five year reinvestigation when an investigative agency ran a police check, then NSA o... read more
  • March 3, 2006 at 12:23 pm
    Shirley says:
    So, the insurance company paid $38,000 on an arson case and the arsonist was ordered to pay only $25,000? Looks like crime DOES pay!
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