Aberdeen Man Guilty of Insurance Fraud

Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler today announced that Stanley Reedy, 49 of Aberdeen was found guilty in the Circuit Court for Harford County of conspiring to commit insurance fraud. Judge William O. Carr sentenced Reedy to eight years in prison, all suspended, with five years probation and restitution.

Mr. Reedy was involved in a car accident with his family in December of 2003. An investigation revealed that over the following months, Reedy submittted a series of forged documents to demonstrate lost wages and medical expenses. Ohio Casualty, Mr. Reedy’s insurer, paid over $18,000 in claims before it discovered the fraud.

Today’s conviction follows a joint investigation by the Insurance Fraud Division of the Maryland Insurance Administration and the Office of the Attorney General. In making today’s announcement, Attorney General Gansler thanked Assistant Attorney General Benjamin Harris for his work on the case.