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Former Allstate Employee Sentenced For Mail Fraud

U.S. Attorney’s Office May 28, 2009
  • Northern District of Alabama (205) 244-2001

BIRMINGHAM, AL—MONICA MARSHALL, 34, from Brighton, Alabama, was sentenced today in federal court for mail fraud. United States District Judge Inge Johnson sentenced MARSHALL to serve 12 months in prison and ordered her to pay $43,280.28 in restitution to Allstate Insurance Company. MARSHALL is due to report to prison on August 13, 2009.

MARSHALL, a former Allstate employee, entered a plea to eleven counts of mail fraud. According to the plea agreement, MARSHALL arranged for certain individuals to receive checks from Allstate under false pretenses. MARSHALL entered information into the Allstate claims processing system indicating that certain individuals had incurred legitimate expenses and causing Allstate to issue reimbursement checks to those persons. However, the information MARSHALL entered was false and the check recipients were not entitled to receive any money from Allstate. In exchange for receiving the checks, certain recipients then paid a kickback to MARSHALL. During the scheme, MARSHALL caused false checks totaling $43,280.28 to be issued to others involved in the scheme.

TANISHA CULLEN, 31, DEKITA LEONARD, 31, NANCY LEONARD, 42, LORRAINE OSBORN, 40, and TARA YADAO, 34, each has entered plea agreements felony conspiracy charges and agreed to cooperate in the investigation.

“An old song had the lyric ‘easy money has a very strong appeal’, but there will be no appeal from Marshall’s federal prison sentence today. We appreciate Allstate’s cooperation and will work to ensure every penny stolen is repaid.,” stated U.S. Attorney Martin.

“Investigators within the insurance, banking and credit  industry are alert for fraudulent activity and when the fraudsters use the mail, bank investigators and postal inspectors will work diligently to bring them to justice, as this case is an example of,” stated Martin Phanco, Inspector in Charge, United States Postal Inspection Service, Atlanta Division.

The investigation of this matter was conducted by investigators from the United States Postal Inspection Service and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Assistant United States Attorney Lloyd Peeples prosecuted the matter on behalf of the United States.

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