7 in South Carolina Plead Guilty to Defrauding Aflac But Get No Jail Time

Seven people in South Carolina pleaded guilty this week to a scheme to defraud Aflac Insurance and other insurers out of more than $70,000 by making false claims with forged documents.

But they won’t be going to prison.

The South Carolina Department of Insurance said the group had filed dozens of claims, using some of the same forged medical records. Aflac reported the fraudulent claims to the DOI, and the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division investigated.

Three of the suspects received no prison time after they were sentenced this week. They include:

• Maurice Kendall Kollock, who had presented 81 false claims. He was sentenced to five years in prison, but that jail time was suspended. He was put on probation and was ordered to pay $67,000 in restitution.
• Ra Kem Dal Von Townsend made five false claims and pleaded to one charge. He was sentenced to one year in prison, suspended, and was ordered to pay $6,000 in restitution.
• Laquasia Dontay Hepburn made a false claim and pleaded to making a false statement or misrepresentation with a value of over $1,000. She was sentenced to eight months in prison, suspended, and was ordered to pay $1,500 in restitution.

Further information about the scheme and the lack of jail time was not provided by DOI.