Edgewood Man Sentenced For Insurance Fraud

BALTIMORE, MD — An Edgewood man was sentenced to pay restitution after scamming insurance companies out of $85,000, officials say. He pleaded guilty to one count of felony theft scheme between $10,000 and $100,000.

Jamar Marlyn Jones, 31, was sentenced to 10 years, all of which was suspended by Harford County Circuit Court Judge Stephen Waldron. He will be on supervised probation for five years and must pay full restitution, according to a statement from the Maryland attorney general's office.

Jones made numerous fake insurance claims in which he said that his 2008 DTS Cadillac was damaged in accidents that never actually happened. Officials said he conspired with friends and family in making the fraudulent claims in Harford and Baltimore counties as well as Baltimore City.

“Insurance fraud is never a victimless crime,” Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh said in a statement. “Perpetrators who steal money by filing false insurance claims victimize both the insurance carrier and every insurance consumer whose premiums are driven up as a direct result.”

Jones defrauded at least 10 insurance companies of more than $85,000, the attorney general's office said.

While the claims were made from February to September 2013, the case came to a conclusion in Harford County Circuit Court on Thursday when Jones was sentenced.

Maryland Insurance Commissioner Al Redmer Jr. explained the import, stating: "Insurance fraud costs all of us through higher premiums."

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