Norfolk County Awarded Grant For Prosecuting Car Insurance Fraud

QUINCY, MA — Norfolk District Attorney Michael Morrissey was awarded a $40,000 grant from the Insurance Fraud Bureau to continue a partnership for prosecuting automobile insurance fraud in the county.

“This is a good example of how public-private partnerships can make government better and make people safer,” Morrissey said. “Before this program began in 2005, the problem of people staging accidents to collect insurance payouts was hitting consumers financially, but also causing injury.”

The grant helps with investigations and prosecutions of staged accidents and fraudulent claims county-wide, Morrissey said. It includes a partnership with police in Randolph and Quincy.

“Eliminating insurance fraud is our goal, and doing so lowers premiums for everyone,” IFB executive director Daniel Johnston said. “In Quincy and Randolph, we have seen 120 people charged with allegations of fraud, and citizens in these towns have saved over $110 million in lower premiums since we started this effort in 2005”

Morrissey also credited the good work of detectives in Randolph and Quincy, and the police chiefs in those communities who dedicated resources to these investigations.

“Chief William Pace in Randolph and Chief Paul Keenan in Quincy understand the importance of these cases to the communities they serve, and their commitment shows it.”

Photo: Insurance Fraud Bureau Chief of Investigations Anthony M. DiPaolo, left, and Executive Director Daniel J. Johnston, right, presented Norfolk DA Michael Morrissey with the grant check to renew their partnership for another year. Photo courtesty of Norfolk County DA's Office