A United States District Court has sentenced a 37-year-old Nigerian, Henry Ezeonyido, to 27 months’ imprisonment for his role in a $1m insurance fraud.
In a statement by the US Department of Justice on, Ezeonyido perpetrated the fraud between October 2019 and February 2022.
The statement noted that during the period mentioned above, Ezeonyido submitted fraudulent health insurance claims to five insurance companies, claiming that he was involved in a series of accidents while travelling abroad.
Ezeonyido reportedly fabricated medical records to show the medical care received, fabricated bank records to show payment to the international treatment facilities, and, where the claim related to a fake traumatic injury, fabricated police reports describing the circumstances of the alleged event.
The convict was also said to have filed similar fraudulent claims for seven other people, leading to a total of over $1m in claims.
Following his arraignment before US District Judge Leo Sorokin, the defendant pleaded guilty to the offense, but was sentenced to 27 months’ imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release.
