From the Times Ledger:A Long Island woman who owns two insurance brokerage firms in Astoria was arraigned late November for allegedly scamming four insurance providers of approximately $600,000 in owed premiums from more than 400 policyholders, the Queens district attorney’s office said.
Julie Levin, 44, who owned Oscar Katz Agency Inc. and Levin & Associates Brokerage Inc., both of which are at 29-24 Hoyt Ave. South in Astoria, has been arraigned on four counts of grand larceny, four counts of criminal possession of stolen property, one count of scheming to defraud and 43 counts of issuing a bad check, the DA’s office said. She was released on $50,000 bail and ordered to return to court Jan. 7, the DA’s office said. If convicted, she could potentially face up to 15 years in prison, the DA’s office said.
In an investigation assisted by four insurance companies — Maya Assurance, American Transit Insurance Co., Hereford Insurance and Fiduciary Insurance Co. of America — the DA discovered that Levin allegedly pocketed $606,769.82 in premium payments from 406 individuals throughout the 2009 calendar year. The DA’s office said that to conceal the theft, Levin sent $121,750 in 43 checks to Maya and Hereford, but the checks were returned due to insufficient funds.
13 comments:
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It's simple, really simple. Long prison sentences for this type of despicable crime. Stealing from the working man, for shame. End welfare! Death to the Palestinians! Long live Israel! BTW I hope you all won't miss me too much while I'm in the Holy Land for Christmas. I'm leaving Tuesday night, if you're lucky I'll post from Israel, that should brighten your day! Kissy! Kissy!
Great. Now can they catch that guy who goes door to door pretending he's your neighbor and that he has a family member in the hospital and needs a quick loan to fill their prescription. He made the mistake of coming to our house twice in one month so we followed him and warned the neighbors. He needs to be in jail.
They caught him.
The "holy" land is not in Israel. The Holy Land is in Virginia where the Great American Patriarchs are entombed: Washington, Madison, Jefferson
George - I can't believe it - it MAY have happened once or twice before but I can't recall . . . I actually AGREE with you!
What about jeff?
George the atheist,
Hello kind sir. Do you know what I love about America and this blog as a microcosm? We're free to say what we like & that's the greatness of America!
Details, please!
there was a woman who had an auto insurance company in Woodside on Broadway between 64th & 65th street, same kind of thing, not paying the premiums to the insurance companies. when these people had accidents they thought that they were covered. terrible
i expect Levin to jump bail and resurface in Israel, which refuses to extradite criminal Jews to stand trial here but continues to beg for more US $$, which it will use to spy on us.
That's why you need to buy your insurance at a reputable agency and not just shop for the cheapest rate. I worked in an agency where one chick was stealing the customers money and never processing their paperwork. When someone's house burned down and this fraud was discovered, they not only prosecuted her, but honored the homeowners policy and did their best to uncover any other policies where someone was defrauded.
Big Ball Man, please stay in Israel. I'm sick of smelling you here.
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