Florida Woman Charged with Selling Fake Insurance Cards

Florida Division of Insurance Fraud officials arrested a Tampa woman who allegedly sold fraudulent automobile coverage insurance cards.

Margaret Stillings, 49, who was doing business at 4170 E. Hillsborough Ave., was arrested on Aug. 16.

The Florida Department of Financial Service’s Division of Insurance Fraud and the National Insurance Crime Bureau arrested Stillings on charges of providing false/fraudulent proof of Personal Injury Protection motor vehicle insurance and transacting insurance without a license, both third-degree felonies. She was booked into the Hillsborough County Jail, with bond set at $5,000, and if convicted on both charges faces up to five years in prison on each count.

Undercover agents entered Stillings’ place of business and allegedly purchased a fraudulent auto insurance card from her for $100. Stillings has never been licensed to sell insurance in Florida, and therefore any person in possession of an insurance card sold by this individual or obtained from that address should verify that they do in fact have proper insurance.

Source: Florida Department of Financial Services

Latest Comments

• September 4, 2007 at 12:35 pm

  bobbyg says:

  When will people who think that they are entitled to drive, learn that before they are allowed to drive they must have a car and proper insurance to cover the mistakes that ha... read more
• August 31, 2007 at 3:13 am

  Miffed says:

  OK, let's see. $100 for a fake card. You get caught, you can lose your license and have the car impounded, there is the impound fee, the ticket for no insurance fee..... I t... read more
• August 31, 2007 at 3:09 am

  El Squid says:

  During the periods in my life when I couldn't afford auto insurance I parked my car and used public transportation or bummed rides off of friends. The government and the insur... read more