North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey announced that Shimecca Montrese McCall, 28, of 2203 Broad Drive, Florence, SC has been charged with insurance fraud, a felony.
Special agents with the Department of Insurance’s Criminal Investigations Division accuse McCall of obtaining a renters’ insurance policy with Liberty Mutual Fire insurance company on Jan. 23, and subsequently making a claim on the policy using false information. She claimed that a flood occurred in her bathroom after the policy went into effect, when it occurred on Jan. 22, before she obtained the policy.
McCall is scheduled to appear in a Mecklenburg County court on Dec. 13.
Commissioner Causey encourages North Carolinians to help keep insurance premiums low by reporting suspicious fraud.
“Insurance fraud is not a victimless crime,” Commissioner Causey said. “It hits all of us in the pocket through higher premiums.”
If you suspect insurance fraud or other white-collar crimes, please report it. You may anonymously report fraud by calling the N.C. Department of Insurance Criminal Investigations Division at 919-807-6840 or toll free from anywhere in North Carolina at 888-680-7684.
Information is also available at www.ncdoi.gov.