Six Colquitt County residents and a Clayton County woman involved in a staged insurance fraud ring have been arrested, Georgia Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens reported Wednesday.
A joint investigation by the state Insurance Fraud Division and Fire Investigation Unit revealed the suspects staged fires, residential burglaries and automobile vandalism to commit insurance fraud for financial gain, Hudgens said.
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The investigation revealed that between January 2013 and December 2015, the suspects staged more than 24 incidents and received claim settlements from Allstate, Assurant, GEICO and Georgia Farm Bureau insurance companies totaling $392,000.
Arrested and booked into the Colquitt County Jail were Ricky Lewis Forrest, 26, KaNaya McGee, 35, Diana McGee, 55, Cachea Jones, 25,Shikia Latimore, 21 and Lvariaus King, 24, all of Moultrie, Ga.
Also arrested and being held in the Clayton County Jail is Doris Ann Buie, 49, of College Park, Ga.
Each suspect faces numerous charges including first degree arson, insurance fraud, theft by deception, identity fraud, forgery and making false statements.
“Not only did these individuals endanger the lives of others by setting fires, they also committed insurance fraud, a crime that costs Georgians thousands of dollars each year,” Hudgens said in a statement.
