Former Kan. Agent Sentenced for Stealing Premiums
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Former Insurance Agent Sentenced for Stealing Customers' Premiums
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Smart changed United customers' mailing addresses so that the customers would not receive policy statements and notices. She also changed United customers' premium payment schedules from annual and semi-annual payments to monthly payments. She continued to collect the full annual and semi-annual payments from the customers and deposited those payments into a bank account she controlled. Then she paid only the amounts due for a monthly payment. She used the difference to pay her personal expenses, much like an interest-free loan.
When Smart's scheme unraveled, policy holders were made whole, but the owners of the insurance company were not.
Grissom commended the
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