Alabama City Councilman Hit With New Auto Insurance Fraud Indictment

Authorities have added four more insurance fraud charges to those already lodged against an city official in coastal Alabama.

Prichard City Councilman Derrick Griffin last week was indicted by a grand jury for the second time in four months. In December, he was charged with making fraudulent representations on the purchase of a BMW automobile.

On Thursday, the grand jury said he also misrepresented to insurance companies his ownership of an Acura, a Ford van, another BMW and a Nissan Frontier, according to local news reports.

The charges, if they result in a conviction, carry a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, authorities said.