Dec. 16, 2021
Las Vegas, NV – Today, Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford announced
that Na Var Derick Lee, 37, of Pasadena, California, was found guilty of seven
counts of insurance fraud, all category D felonies. On Dec. 15, the Eighth
Judicial District Court sentenced Lee to a suspended sentence of 28-72 months
in the Nevada Department of Corrections, placed him on probation and ordered
him to pay restitution and costs.
“I’m proud of the
team that brought Mr. Lee to justice,” said AG Ford. “My office will not tolerate bad actors who
attempt to defraud the system for personal gain. I’d like to thank the National
Insurance Crime Bureau and the insurance companies who helped with this
investigation.”
Lee met women
through the online dating service Plenty of Fish and convinced them to call in
a false claim to their automobile insurance carriers. All of the false claims
involved similar stories of the insured women hitting Lee with their
automobiles. Lee told the women exactly what to say, called in the false claims
as himself or as another person and submitted health care records for treatment
in support of the false claims. Lee utilized the scheme as a source of income
and, ultimately, wrongfully obtained over $50,000.
This
case was investigated by multiple insurance companies, the National Insurance
Crime Bureau, and the Nevada Attorney General Office’s Insurance Fraud Control
Unit (IFCU). The IFCU prosecuted this case
The Second Amended
Information against Lee is attached. To file a complaint concerning an individual or
business suspected of committing fraud, click here.
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