Three New York residents were sentenced and ordered to pay restitution for their roles in a $1 million insurance fraud scheme involving a staged auto accident.
Utica residents Joseph Demme, Joseph Dellerba and Cynthia Morgan were sentenced separately for staging a crash in March 2006 and a subsequent health care benefit scheme. Dellerba and Morgan submitted false insurance claims, including claims for personal injuries, no fault benefits and disability benefits.
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Geico, Metropolitan, Mutual of Omaha and Old Republic were among the insurers that were defrauded.
Demme was sentenced to 15 months imprisonment; Dellerba received a 30 month sentence; and Cynthia Morgan was sentenced to 27 months. All three were ordered to pay $1.4 million each in restitution and will serve three years of supervision following release from prison.
