CENTREVILLE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced on Thursday, April 14, that a St. Joseph County woman who was charged in connection to filing fraudulent accident claims must pay back the benefits she received.
Christine Presock of Marcellus was charged in St. Joseph County’s 3rd District Court with six counts of insurance-fraudulent acts, felonies which are punishable by up to four years in prison and/or a $50,000 fine, or both.
This comes after an investigation by the Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DFIS) Fraud Investigation Unit last year. Presock had pleaded guilty as charged last month in the 45th Circuit Court.
On Thursday, April 14, Judge Paul Stutesman sentenced Presock to two years of probation and was also ordered to pay $12,500 dollars in restitution to Trustmark Insurance Company, as well as costs and fees.
Presock had submitted six accident claims on behalf of herself and her family to Trustmark Insurance Company between June 2018 and August 2019 for injuries reportedly suffered by herself, her husband, and her two children. None of the injuries occurred as Presock reported, who received over $12,000 in insurance benefits to which she was not entitled.
Trustmark Insurance Company initiated an investigation into the claims before referring the case to the DIFS Fraud Investigation Unit.
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