Long-time insurance agent Bennie H. Kile Jr. of the Kile Insurance Agency in Sistersville, W.Va. has been indicted on seven insurance fraud felony counts according to Insurance Commissioner Jane L. Cline. A Fraudulent scheme covers multiple acts and victims. Each of the seven felony counts carries a one to 10 year prison sentence and fines of up to $2,500.
Kile allegedly took money from customers for promised insurance policies and then failed to provide those policies on at least five instances. Kile also allegedly forged a customer’s signature on an insurance application form.
Kile was indicted March 13 by a Tyler County Grand Jury on five felony counts of conducting a fraudulent scheme, one felony count of forgery and one felony count of uttering.
The Insurance Commission’s Fraud Unit conducted the investigation in cooperation with the Tyler County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office and the West Virginia State Police.
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