FORMER STATE EMPLOYEE CONVICTED OF
FELONY INSURANCE FRAUD

Attorney General J. Joseph Curran, Jr., announced today that Johnathan Mosley, 38, of Baltimore, was convicted of four counts of felony insurance fraud after a trial in Baltimore County Circuit Court. Mosley was charged with submitting false and misleading statements and documentation to Farmers' New Century Insurance Company in support of a personal injury insurance claim while he was employed with the Department of Juvenile Justice as an Addiction Counselor.

According to the Statement of Facts, from November 27, 2000 to February 23, 2001, Johnathan Mosley submitted various fraudulent documents in support of an insurance claim for lost wages incurred after he was involved in an automobile accident in May of 2000. The false submissions included a fraudulent letter and other documents, purportedly from the Department of Juvenile Justice, mis-classifying his position, misrepresenting his salary and falsely indicating that he had missed three months of work immediately after his injury. Mosley also created and submitted fraudulent W-2 tax forms to support a lost wage claim concerning a private business that he owned.

The Honorable Vicki Ballou-Watts ordered a pre-sentence investigation and scheduled sentencing for December 4, 2002. Mosley could be sentenced to serve up to 15 years in prison and fined up to $10,000 on each felony count. The convictions follow a joint investigation conducted by the Insurance Fraud Division of the Maryland Insurance Administration and the Office of the Attorney General.

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