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Myrtle Beach woman pleads guilty to insurance fraud
July 15, 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Russ Dubisky, Executive Director
803-252-3455 or cell phone 803-708-5271
russd@scinsnews.com
Columbia, S.C. – July 15, 2010 – A Myrtle Beach woman has pleaded guilty to insurance fraud.
Sheila Gourdine, 35, of Myrtle Beach, on July 14 pleaded guilty in Horry County Court of General Sessions to presenting a false claim over $1,000.
Judge Larry B. Hyman Jr. sentenced Gourdine to three years suspended to time served and three years probation. She was ordered to complete 100 hours of public service employment. Hyman also ordered that the probation could terminate after one year if Gourdine had completed her public service employment.
Authorities said that in the early hours of July 23, 2007, Gourdine reported that her car had been stolen. She made a claim with her insurance company.
An investigation found that she had loaned her car to her stepson, who had an accident in the vehicle and fled on foot. Gourdine admitted that the car had not been stolen and she had filed a false claim with her insurance company.
The case was investigated by SLED and Bristol West Insurance Co., and was prosecuted by the S.C. Attorney General's Office.
The South Carolina Insurance Fraud Hotline, 1 (888) 95-FRAUD, is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week for reporting insurance fraud, which can be a felony in South Carolina. All reports remain confidential.
For more information, contact the South Carolina Insurance News Service at 803-252-3455 or use our contact form.
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