NIAGARA FALLS MAN JAILED ON INSURANCE FRAUD CHARGES
January 29, 2015
LOCKPORT,
N.Y. (WIVB) – A Niagara Falls man was put in jail after he
was charged with third degree insurance fraud.
Police say Kevin A. Ashby, 40, was charged with the class D
felony, along with third degree attempted grand larceny and first degree
falsifying business records — class E felonies — after an insurance company
contacted the New York State Police.
Troopers say the insurance company came to them about a
potentially fraudulent claim about a burglary he reported to the Niagara Falls
Police Department. Police say in a following investigation, they discovered
that Ashby provided false documents to the insurance company, and reported an
inflated figure of $32,000 to them.
Ashby was placed in the Niagara County Jail on $5,000 cash
bail. He’ll return to court on Jan. 28.