Topics Related to Fraud Control/Investigations

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey today announced the arrest of Jahle Lamont Gibbs, 32, of 245 Golden St., Engelhard, and Benjamin Edward Poe, 29, of 13165 N. Lake Road, Engelhard. Gibbs was charged with insurance fraud and attempting to obtain property by false pretense, both felonies. Poe was charged with conspiracy and aiding and abetting Gibbs, both felonies.

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey today announced the arrest of Marie Diehl, 35, of 2305 E. 14th St., Greenville. Diehl was charged with insurance fraud, a felony.

Special agents with the Department of Insurance’s Criminal Investigations Division accuse Diehl of falsely telling Progressive Casualty Insurance Co. that damage to her vehicle as a result of a collision with an animal occurred after she took out an automobile policy when it actually occurred before.

The offense occurred on Oct. 22, 2019.

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey today announced the arrest of Daquan Harris, 27, of 306 O’Connor St., Greensboro. Harris was charged with insurance fraud, conspiracy and attempting to obtain property by false pretense, all felonies.

Special agents with the Department of Insurance’s Criminal Investigations Division accuse Harris of attempting to obtain money from Republic Western Insurance Co. by filing a fraudulent claim for injuries sustained in a staged automobile collision.

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey today announced the arrest of Demetria Williams, 44, of 32 Resa Loop Drive, Lumberton. Williams was charged with insurance fraud, a felony.

Special agents with the Department of Insurance’s Criminal Investigations Division accuse Williams of filing an automobile damage claim with Integon Indemnity Corp. that had been filed with the same company on a previous claim.

The offense occurred between Aug. 16, 2020, and Aug. 18, 2020.

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey today announced the arrest of Jamie Keith Buchanan, 52, of 452 Dalton Road, Sylva. Buchanan was charged with two counts of obtaining property by false pretense and exploitation of an elder’s trust, all felonies.  He was also charged with misdemeanor count of setting up a mobile home without a mobile home set-up license.

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey today announced the arrest of Mary Nicole Midgett, 33, of 114 Eagle Drive, Kill Devil Hills. Midgett was charged with three counts of making false statements to obtain unemployment benefits, three counts of obtaining property by false pretense, three counts of unauthorized access to government computers and one count of conspiracy to obtain property by false pretense, all felonies.

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey today announced that Ayana Antoinette Armstrong, 32, of 3630 Concord Pointe Lane Southwest, Concord, was charged with insurance fraud and obtaining property by false pretense, both felonies.

Special agents with the Department of Insurance’s Criminal Investigations Division accuse Armstrong of forging her doctor’s signature to short-term disability claim forms submitted to Lincoln Financial Group to obtain $10,468.43 in benefits.

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey today announced that Harold Richard Baker, 77, of 837 Johnnie Bridges Road, Shelby, was charged with obtaining property by false pretense, a felony, and two misdemeanor counts of setting up a mobile home without a set-up contractor’s license.

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey today announced that two Charlotte men have been accused of staging a wreck involving a U-Haul truck in an attempt to collect on an insurance claim.

Darrius Donte Barber, 27, of 310 W. 28th St., Charlotte, and Reginald Alexander Murray Jr., 40, of 11238 Joe Morrison Lane, Charlotte, were both charged with insurance fraud and attempting to obtain property by false pretense, all felonies.

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey today announced the arrest of Tiaania Marie Melvin, 19, of 816 Lisbon St., Clinton. Melvin was charged with insurance fraud, a felony.