Topics Related to Fraud Control/Investigations

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey today announced the arrest of Charles Cyril Edwards IV, 44, of 312 Olympia Road, New Bern. Edwards was charged with obtaining property by false pretense, a felony.

Special agents with the Department of Insurance’s Criminal Investigations Division accuse Edwards of submitting a fraudulent certificate of insurance to Tru-Co Inc., a general contractor, to obtain subcontracting work.

The offense occurred on May 23, 2025.

Edwards was arrested on Aug. 5 and released under a $10,000 unsecured bond. 

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey today announced the arrest of Cidnee Nicole Greene, 31, of 2756 Gateworth Drive, High Point. Greene was charged with two counts of insurance fraud, one count of attempting to obtain property by false pretense and one count of obtaining property by false pretense, all felonies. She was also charged with making a false statement in application for insurance, a misdemeanor. 

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey today announced the arrest of Melissa Lynn Mountzoures, 54, of 5517 Cedar Lake Road, Jonesville. Mountzoures has been charged with seven counts of insurance fraud, 17 counts of forgery, 17 counts of uttering a forged instrument and one count of obtaining property by false pretense, all felonies.

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey today announced the arrest of Georgia Denise Robinson, 42, of 5801 Triangle Oaks Drive, Raleigh. Robinson was charged with insurance fraud. 

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey today announced the arrest of Antonio Lorenzo Covington, 32, of 114 Woodman Ave., Charlotte. Covington was charged with insurance fraud and obtaining property by false pretense, both felonies. 

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey today announced the arrests of Matthew Stewart Edwards, 35, of 10404 Morning Dew Lane, Mechanicsville, Virginia. Edwards was charged with insurance fraud and attempting to obtain property by false pretense, both felonies. 

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey today announced the arrest of Edward Elijah Skinner, 52, of 3910 Charleston Park Drive, Raleigh. Skinner was charged with insurance fraud and attempting to obtain property by false pretense, both felonies. 

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey today announced the arrest of Ian Victor Eisnaugle, 41, of 156 Long John Drive, Hendersonville. Eisnaugle was charged with insurance fraud, obtaining property by false pretense and common law forgery, all felonies. 

Special agents with the Department of Insurance’s Criminal Investigations Division accuse Eisnaugle of defrauding Auto-Owners Insurance Co. by submitting fraudulent housing invoices for the claim. 

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey today announced the arrest of Tonya Denise Allen, 50, of 6932 Juniper Terrace, Shelby. Allen was charged with insurance fraud, a felony.  

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey today announced the arrest of Monique Valdese Spry, 35, of 120 Saint Albans Drive, Raleigh. Spry was charged with common law forgery, obtaining property by false pretense and uttering forged instrument, all felonies.