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Colorado Adjuster Sentenced in Auto Insurance Fraud Lawsuit

August 22, 2024 By CollisionWeek Editor

Mastermind of $268k auto insurance fraud scheme sentenced to 20 years of probation.

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser announced August 20 the sentencing of a woman who worked as an insurance claims adjuster and masterminded a scheme to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars in fraudulent auto insurance claims. Colette Palin, 63, of Aurora, Colo. was sentenced to 20 years of probation and ordered to pay $268,530 in restitution by an Arapahoe County District Court judge. Palin previously pleaded guilty to theft, a class four felony, and insurance fraud, a class five felony.

Palin worked for Travelers Insurance in 2020

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