joint investigation<\/a> by the New York State Police and the New York State Department of Financial Services, which uncovered nearly $500,000 in attempted fraudulent claims across the state.<\/p>\nIn Erie County, Shawn Baranyi was charged with Insurance Fraud in the 5th Degree after he allegedly provided false information regarding an insurance claim.<\/p>\n
“Auto insurance fraud is not a victimless crime \u2014 every staged crash, fraudulent claim and criminal scheme ultimately drives up costs for New Yorkers who play by the rules,” Governor Hochul said. “We\u2019re cracking down on fraudsters and making it clear that New York will not tolerate criminals gaming the system at the expense of hardworking families.”<\/p>\n
Hochul says the arrests include a total of 29 felony and 2 misdemeanor charges across the following counties:<\/p>\n
Bronx: 7Erie: 1Kings: 2Monroe: 1Queens:1Onondaga: 1Richmond: 1Suffolk: 2 <\/p>\n
New York State Police Superintendent Steven G. James said, “Insurance fraud is a crime that affects every New Yorker who pays an auto insurance premium. These investigations can be complex and often involve individuals who deliberately attempt to conceal their activity through false claims, staged incidents and other fraudulent conduct. By combining the investigative capabilities of the State Police with the specialized expertise of DFS, we are identifying these schemes, building stronger cases and holding those responsible accountable.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Governor Hochul says an Erie County resident was arrested in connection to a statewide auto insurance fraud investigation.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":311035,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[136,138,137],"class_list":["post-311034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=311034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311034\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/311035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=311034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=311034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}