A Washington state man charged with insurance fraud after authorities say he used photos from the Internet to file a $20,000 insurance claim for a dead cat that didn’t exist has pleaded not guilty.
KOMO News reported that during a court hearing Wednesday, a trial for 29-year-old Yevgeniy Samsonov of Tacoma was scheduled to begin in September.
Samsonov was involved in a minor traffic accident in 2009, and the other driver’s insurer paid some $3,500 to cover chiropractic treatment. More than two years later, Samsonov claimed that his cat Tom had been killed in the crash, and he sought $20,000 in compensation.
Authorities say Samsonov submitted photos of a cat, but an insurance representative found that the pictures had come from the Internet.
If convicted, Samsonov could get a year behind bars.
Topics Washington
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