Topics Related to Fraud Control/Investigations

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey announced today that Damain Rayshawn Cummings, 30, of 1401 Chamblee Road, Zebulon, was charged with 21 insurance-related crimes. The charges included six counts of identity theft, six counts of insurance fraud, six counts of obtaining property by false pretense and three counts of attempting to obtain property by false pretense.

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey today announced that Gregory Alan Williamson Jr., 38, of 3404 Cross Winds Road, Charlotte, has been charged with felony insurance fraud and misdemeanor common law uttering.

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey today announced the arrest of Nigel Marquise Vines, 39, of 1239 Kelston Place, Charlotte. Vines was charged with three counts of insurance fraud, all felonies.

Special agents with the Department of Insurance’s Criminal Investigations Division accuse Vines of submitting altered invoices on three renters’ insurance claims with State Farm Insurance Co., two in Mecklenburg County and one in Gaston County. Special agents say the claims involved water damage to clothes.

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey announced today that Justin Kevin Baba Alexander, 31, of 825 Stadium Drive, Wake Forest, has been charged with insurance fraud and attempting to obtain property by false pretense. Both charges are felonies.

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey today announced the arrest of Eric Woods, 50, of 3331 Fallston-Waco Road, Cherryville. Woods was charged with insurance fraud and two counts of common law forgery, all felonies.

According to a Cleveland County grand jury, which indicted Woods on the charges, Woods forged two bills of sale, one for a Scag Turf Tiger mower and one for a John Deere Gator, and provided them to Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. in support of an insurance claim for storm damage.

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey today announced the arrest of Brody Alan Hankinson, 48, of 105 Whispering Pines Drive, Marion.

Hankinson is charged with insurance fraud and three counts of extortion, which are felonies. He is also charged with three counts of communicating threats and three counts of placing threatening phone calls, which are misdemeanors. 

North Carolina >Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey today announced the arrest of Keshawn Dupree Bradley, 31 of 370 S. Kerr Ave., Wilmington. Bradley was charged with insurance fraud and identity theft, both felonies.

Special agents with the Department of Insurance’s Criminal Investigations Division accuse Bradley of using the name and date of birth of another person to obtain an automobile insurance policy from Nationwide Insurance Co.

The offense occurred on Jan. 15, 2024.

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey today announced that Laquain James Robinson, 33, of 2117 Joe Louis Ave., Greensboro, has been charged with insurance fraud and attempting to obtain property by false pretense, both felonies.

According to a criminal summons, Robinson falsely told State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. that a loss of power at his insured property caused $600 in food spoilage.

The offense occurred on July 13, 2024.

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey announced today that Blondell Denise Andrews, 51, of 15540 Kenmare Hill Court, Charlotte, has been arrested and charged with one count of insurance fraud and one count of attempting to obtain property by false pretense. Both charges are felonies.

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey today announced the arrest of Amanda Michelle Austin, 36, of 13260 S. NC Hwy. 231, Middlesex. Austin is charged with two counts of insurance fraud and two counts of obtaining property by false pretense. All four charges are felonies.