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Author: Barrett, William P.

Section: Informer
Who's Working for Whom?


These recent criminal cases around the country involving insurance adjusters do not exactly augur well for the cleanup process from the many hurricanes across the South this year.

ADJUSTER/LOCATION: Edward Colon/Trenton, N.J.

ALLEGATIONS INCLUDE: cheating insurers with false claims

STATUS: sentenced to 6 years

ADJUSTER/LOCATION: William Kurczodyna/Chicago, Ill.

ALLEGATIONS INCLUDE: pushing $1 million in phony auto damages

STATUS: pleaded not guilty

ADJUSTER/LOCATION: Mitchell Markowitz/Brooklyn, N.Y.

ALLEGATIONS INCLUDE: helping to overvalue losses

STATUS: fined $10,000

ADJUSTER/LOCATION: Neil Roeder/Boca Raton, Fla.

ALLEGATIONS INCLUDE: taking $20,000 to exaggerate damages

STATUS: probation for 2 years

ADJUSTER/LOCATION: Nancy L. Romano/Jackson, Mich.

ALLEGATIONS INCLUDE: embezzling $1.5 million from AAA Michigan

STATUS: sentenced to 5-14 years

ADJUSTER/LOCATION: John C. Roney/Glen Falls, N.Y.

ALLEGATIONS INCLUDE: making up victims of real car accidents

STATUS: sentenced to 13 months

ADJUSTER/LOCATION: Marc Rossi/Hamilton, N.J.

ALLEGATIONS INCLUDE: torching two homes, two firms and a barn

STATUS: sentenced to 8 years

ADJUSTER/LOCATION: Linda Wiser/Glendale, Calif.

ALLEGATIONS INCLUDE: issuing payments for bogus claims

STATUS: sentenced to 2 years

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By William P. Barrett



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