Former DC Teacher to Serve One Year in Jail for Felony Insurance Theft Scheme
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BALTIMORE, MD - Attorney General Anthony G. Brown announced today the sentencing of Kanika Oni Boston, 51, of Washington, D.C., on one count of felony theft scheme and one count of felony insurance fraud. The charges stem from fraudulent insurance payments Boston received from the American Family Life Assurance Company of Columbus (AFLAC) and National Teachers Association Life Insurance (NTALife) when she resided in Maryland. The investigation was led by the Maryland Office of the Attorney General’s Fraud and Corruption Unit and the Maryland Insurance Administration (MIA).
From August 29, 2016, through July 3, 2017, Kanika Boston submitted seven fraudulent insurance claims under her NTALife short-term disability, accident and specified health event policies. MIA investigators discovered that there was no supporting documentation in the medical records for the claims submitted by the defendant. In total, Boston stole $106,100 from NTALife.
Boston then applied for supplemental policies in her own name from AFLAC, as well as policies in the name of numerous other individuals, both real and fictitious. From October 16, 2017, through November 24, 2021, she submitted in excess of 100 fraudulent claims with fraudulent medical documentation to AFLAC, for which she was reimbursed a total of $324,235.17. Subsequent investigation by MIA revealed that there was no supporting documentation in the medical records for any of the claims submitted by Boston.
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