Lynn “Skipper” Strickland of Parker County, Texas, a former insurance agent who sold policies while claiming his license was still in effect, has been sentenced to 14 years in state prison for fraud, state insurance regulators reported.
From 2014 through 2016, Strickland schemed to defraud a Texarkana woman out of over $406,000 by stealing money she thought was going to pay for insurance policies, according to the Texas Department of Insurance.
Brian Chandler, a TDI attorney, says Strickland, 60, claimed to be a licensed insurance agent though TDI had revoked his license years before after he pleaded guilty to a similar crime in Brazos County. In 2011, that crime resulted in Strickland being placed on 10 years’ probation.
As part of Strickland’s guilty plea and sentence today, 299th State District Court Judge Karen Sage of Travis County ordered him to pay restitution to the victim.
The investigation was conducted by TDI’s Fraud Unit and prosecuted by Chandler, who is embedded within the Travis County District Attorney’s Office. The embedded-prosecution program allows TDI fraud prosecutors to pursue cases protecting consumers under the authority of local elected district attorneys.
Source: TDI
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