Penn. Man Accused of Purchasing Auto Insurance From Scene of Auto Wreck

Authorities say a Pennsylvania man known as an insurance coverage company from a crash scene to purchase auto coverage and later claimed his wreck happened after he got the policy.

The Altoona Mirror reports that the insurance fraud charges filed this week against 33-year-old Michael Traveny stem from an Aug. 21 crash in Duncansville, Pennsylvania.

State prosecutors say Traveny didn’t have insurance coverage when he crashed that evening so he known as Secure Auto Insurance from the scene and bought coverage with out mentioning the wreck.

Prosecutors say Traveny filed a $ 3,900 claim the subsequent day claiming the crash happened soon after the policy took impact.

On the web court records do not list an attorney for Traveny. He faces a preliminary hearing March 17.

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Penn. Man Accused of Purchasing Auto Insurance From Scene of Auto Wreck

Penn. Man Accused of Buying Auto Insurance From Scene of Auto Wreck

Authorities say a Pennsylvania man called an insurance coverage business from a crash scene to buy auto coverage and later claimed his wreck happened right after he got the policy.

The Altoona Mirror reports that the insurance coverage fraud charges filed this week against 33-year-old Michael Traveny stem from an Aug. 21 crash in Duncansville, Pennsylvania.

State prosecutors say Traveny didn’t have insurance when he crashed that evening so he named Protected Auto Insurance from the scene and purchased coverage without mentioning the wreck.

Prosecutors say Traveny filed a $ 3,900 claim the next day claiming the crash happened after the policy took effect.

On the web court records do not list an attorney for Traveny. He faces a preliminary hearing March 17.

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Penn. Man Accused of Buying Auto Insurance From Scene of Auto Wreck

Penn. Man Accused of Getting Auto Insurance From Scene of Automobile Wreck

Authorities say a Pennsylvania man called an insurance organization from a crash scene to buy auto coverage and later claimed his wreck happened following he got the policy.

The Altoona Mirror reports that the insurance coverage fraud charges filed this week against 33-year-old Michael Traveny stem from an Aug. 21 crash in Duncansville, Pennsylvania.

State prosecutors say Traveny didn’t have insurance when he crashed that night so he called Protected Auto Insurance from the scene and purchased coverage without mentioning the wreck.

Prosecutors say Traveny filed a $ 3,900 claim the next day claiming the crash occurred after the policy took impact.

Online court records don’t list an attorney for Traveny. He faces a preliminary hearing March 17.

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Clerical Errors Delayed 100s of Driver License Suspensions in Penn.

Driver’s license suspensions in hundreds of criminal cases in Pennsylvania since 2008 are being carried out now because of what York County, Penn., officials say was an oversight.

The York Dispatch reported on August 6 that defendants in about 2,000 cases who were convicted or pleaded guilty to certain drug offenses, such as simple drug possession or dealing, never received the automatic 6-month suspension the law requires.

County Clerk of Courts Don O’Shell says the suspensions were not executed because some former clerks in his office did not notify PennDOT about the drug cases.

“I was unaware and I should have been aware,” he said.

Suspensions in all drunk-driving cases were being properly reported, he said.

O’Shell launched an internal review after reading about a pair of traffic fatalities in Philadelphia that involved drivers whose licenses should have been suspended for drug convictions.

The cases that have come to light so far were among 12,000 drug-offense notifications. O’Shell said more discrepancies are likely as he extends the review to 2004, when he took office.

“I suspect the number will continue to grow, maybe by as much as 2,000 or 3,000 more,” he said.

Nearly all the clerks who failed to make the PennDOT notifications are no longer employed by the office, but not for disciplinary reasons, O’Shell told the newspaper. Clerks who fail to comply in the future will be disciplined, he added.

York lawyer Jeff Marshall said he’s been contacted by 2 former clients who were notified their licenses were being suspended. He said, “it just seems unfair to these clients.”

“Most of them have completed their supervision, gained employment and moved on with their lives,” he said. “It’s a significant hardship.”

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