Hunter
03/10/23
A Muscatine woman will spend two years in federal prison after an insurance scam.
KCRG TV reports 37-year-old Kimberly Nicole Hollingshed accessed her neighbor’s life insurance policy in February 2022 and created an online profile without permission of the neighbor. She then made changes to the policy and added herself as a policy beneficiary.
Two months later, she reported that the neighbor died in order to collect death benefits, although the neighbor was still alive. Investigators say Hollingshed electronically uploaded and submitted a falsified death certificate to the insurance company and was paid about $100,000.
She allegedly used the benefits to buy three vehicles and other personal property.
After serving her sentence for wire fraud, Hollingshed will be required to serve 3 years of supervised release.