A man is accused of insurance fraud in Charlotte County after the Florida Department of Financial Services says he falsified the details of an insurance claim following a vehicle crash.
According to court records, the investigation started with a complaint filed by the Florida Department of Financial Services Criminal Investigations Division stating that Richard Roy, 76, falsified the details of an insurance claim and received a payout from GEICO.
Records say on April 1, 2025 the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office reported that a black Buick was traveling southbound with no stop sign when another vehicle drove through the stop sign at the intersection of Tamiami Trail and Conway Boulevard. The person in the Buick claimed that the vehicle that struck them was a white van…