Man sentenced after ‘passenger’ in insurance claim proved not to be in car
Trouble is, the nephew was safely in his apartment when the accident happened, Washington state Insurance Commissioner
Now, uncle
Cook, 52, pleaded guilty in
He was sentenced
Cook had already served the time and was transferred to
Cook was charged after an investigation by Insurance Commissioner
Kreidler's office gave this account of the crime:
Cook and his nephew
Cook, the driver, reported to his insurance company, GEICO, that Scott was a passenger in his car at the time of the collision. Scott asked for an unspecified amount to cover future medical treatment.
GEICO determined through witness statements that at the time of the collision Cook was alone in the car and Scott was in his apartment.
Scott also pleaded guilty to fraud.
This isn't the first insurance fraud case in which Cook has been charged. In 2016, after he was placed on the state's most wanted list for insurance crimes, Cook pleaded guilty in a 2013 wage-loss claim using falsified documents from a nonexistent company.
Cook also uses the alias
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