West Virginia Offices of the Insurance Commissioner 2009 Annual ...

Megan K. Harrison, age 26 of St. Albans, plead guilty in Kanawha County Magistrate Court to one
(1) misdemeanor count of providing false information to the Department of Motor Vehicles and was
ordered to pay court costs of $159.83 and a fine of $100.00. Ms. Harrison was charged with providing
false insurance information to the DMV in February of 2008 as she was attempting to title a vehicle
she had purchased earlier that day. After providing the false insurance information to the DMV, it was
researched and found to be false and Ms. Harrison was subsequently charged.
Lisa Sparks Hagy, age 45 of Berwind; who was indicted by a McDowell County Grand Jury in June
of 2008 on one (1) felony count of insurance fraud and one (1) felony count of obtaining money by
false pretenses, plead guilty to the first felony charge of insurance fraud on March 27, 2009 in
exchange for the second felony charge being dismissed. Ms. Hagy was sentenced June 11, 2009 to not
less than one (1) year and no more than ten (10) years in the state penitentiary. Ms. Hagy was given
credit for time served and released on home confinement and ordered to pay full restitution and all
associated court costs. Ms. Hagy had purchased a 2005 Ford Escape on January 26, 2008 and added it
to her existing policy through Sentry Viking on February 2, 2008. Later that same day she wrecked the
vehicle and it was a total loss, but was not reported to law enforcement or to Sentry Viking until
February 26, 2008. On February 5, Ms. Hagy applied for another auto insurance policy on the 2005
Ford Escape through an insurance agency in Welch, and then filed a second claim for the original
damage to the vehicle reporting the loss as having occurred on February 5, 2008.
William E. Wisen III age 22, plead guilty in Kanawha Magistrate Court to one (1) misdemeanor count
of providing false insurance information to the Department of Motor Vehicles. Magistrate Halloran
ordered Mr. Wisen III, to pay a $200 fine and court costs of $159.83. Mr. Wisen III provided
fraudulent information, regarding automobile insurance in September 2007, to the DMV indicating he
had a valid insurance policy that was in effect at the time he was transferring license plates from one
vehicle to another.
Karen Hodges age 35, plead guilty in Kanawha Circuit Court to one (1) misdemeanor count of
obtaining money by false pretenses and was immediately sentenced to six (6) months in the South
Central Regional Jail. The sentence was suspended and Ms. Hodges was then placed on probation for
one (1) year and ordered to pay restitution to State Farm Insurance Company in the amount of
$1,274.28. Ms. Hodges filed an insurance claim with State Farm Insurance Company for her motor
vehicle, in 2005, for damage sustained in an automobile accident. A check was sent to her which she
reported to State Farm that she never received, at which time State Farm mailed her a second check for
the damage to her vehicle. Ms. Hodges then cashed the first check at her credit union – which was the
check that she reported not receiving.
Lynette D. Jenkins, age 52 of Martinsburg, plead guilty to a reduced charge of providing false
information to the Department of Motor Vehicles. Ms. Jenkins submitted a Certificate of Insurance to
the DMV on November 8, 2007 in response to their inquiry following a traffic stop involving her
vehicle wherein a proof of insurance was not provided to the police officer executing the traffic stop.
The forged certificate provided to the DMV contained information for a policy and company from
which Ms. Jenkins had never obtained a policy. Ms. Jenkins was sentenced to six (6) months in the
regional jail, which was then suspended in lieu of eighty (80) hours of community service, one year
probation, and a fine of $100.00 plus associated court costs.
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