Utah Swindle Classic*
Tribune cop reporter Erin Alberty turned up a scam that goes way beyond bunco. It's a hornswoggle that includes most of the "Bs" of quality court journalism, including Bigamy, Bikers, Bullets and, of course, Bunco.
A West Jordan man is accused of taking a second bride without divorcing his first wife (bigamy). He then cancelled wife No.1's health insurance and transferred it to wife No.2 to c
over No.2's pregnancy needs. (Hey, that's baby — the coveted fifth B!)
As the second wife began receiving prenatal care paid for by the man's insurance, the first wife learned that her medical bills were not being covered. Darn those blood-sucking insurance companies!
Wife No.2 called the insurer and learned she had been "div
orced." Not being a complete idiot, she called fraud investigators.
Still our wily hero had cards to play: He threatened to "send the Baron's Motorcycle Club" (bikers) to kill her, to shoot her boyfriend (Where'd he come from?) with an AK-47 (bullets). If that failed, he threatened suicide.
The man is looking at a count of insurance fraud, two counts of communications fraud and a count of bigamy, but has already won the awe of grifters everywhere.
*Because of the dizzying number of swindles in the Utah: America's Fraud Capitol, it's impossible to report them all. Instead, I will review exceptional scams as performance art, like theater or dance. Go here for our last Classic Swindle.
A West Jordan man is accused of taking a second bride without divorcing his first wife (bigamy). He then cancelled wife No.1's health insurance and transferred it to wife No.2 to c
over No.2's pregnancy needs. (Hey, that's baby — the coveted fifth B!)As the second wife began receiving prenatal care paid for by the man's insurance, the first wife learned that her medical bills were not being covered. Darn those blood-sucking insurance companies!
Wife No.2 called the insurer and learned she had been "div
orced." Not being a complete idiot, she called fraud investigators.
Still our wily hero had cards to play: He threatened to "send the Baron's Motorcycle Club" (bikers) to kill her, to shoot her boyfriend (Where'd he come from?) with an AK-47 (bullets). If that failed, he threatened suicide.
The man is looking at a count of insurance fraud, two counts of communications fraud and a count of bigamy, but has already won the awe of grifters everywhere.
*Because of the dizzying number of swindles in the Utah: America's Fraud Capitol, it's impossible to report them all. Instead, I will review exceptional scams as performance art, like theater or dance. Go here for our last Classic Swindle.
2 Comments:
Bwahahahah. I love this post.
I flame Warchol all the time for mistakes, but this one is genuinely funny. The performance art line is great. Good work Glen.
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