ABERDEEN MAN CHARGED WITH FELONY INSURANCE FRAUD AND CONSPIRACY

Maryland Attorney General J. Joseph Curran, Jr. announced today the filing of felony insurance fraud and conspiracy charges against Stanley Reedy, 49, of the unit block of South Philadelphia Road in Aberdeen. The indictment follows a joint investigation by the Insurance Fraud Division of the Maryland Insurance Administration and the Office of the Attorney General.

In a two-count criminal information filed in the Circuit Court for Harford County, Reedy was charged with fraudulently obtaining approximately $18,400 in insurance benefits from the Ohio Casualty Insurance Company. According to charging documents Reedy told insurance investigators that he and members of his family were involved in an auto accident and sustained injuries and lost wages, which were later reimbursed by Ohio Casualty Insurance. The alleged fraud occurred between December 2003 and August 2004.

If convicted, Reedy could face up to fifteen years in prison on each count. No trial date has been set. A criminal information is merely an accusation of wrongdoing, and every individual is presumed innocent until the charges are proven by the State.