Allegations that some roofers deliberately damage roofs in order to qualify properties for insurance claims have long been a concern for insurers. This fall, the North Carolina Department of Insurance and North Carolina Farm Bureau decided to do something about it.
The NCDOI and Farm Bureau worked together on a sting operation in Wake County, setting up a “bait house,” then asking roofing companies to take a look, and recording the roofers’ actions, the DOI explained in a statement last week.
The sting reportedly worked as intended. Authorities charged Robert Allen Bentley, 36, of Charlotte, a senior project manager with A&M Premier Roofing and Construction, on Dec. 10 was charged with insurance fraud after investigators allegedly observed him and a co-worker damaging and bending roof shingles at the house…