RALEIGH — North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey announced Tuesday the arrest of Charnay Hayden Padilla, 26, of 553 Averasboro Drive, Clayton.
Padilla faces four counts of insurance fraud, three counts of obtaining property by false pretense and one count of attempting to obtain property by false pretense.
According to special agents with the N.C. Department of Insurance Criminal Investigations Division, Padilla obtained $2,876.29 in event cancellation insurance claims by falsely reporting to Jefferson Insurance that she was unable to attend several events — including performances by Flo, Sesame Street Live and Chris Brown — because she had to work. Investigators also allege she tried to obtain an additional $1,065.31 in claims by making a similar false statement about another Chris Brown concert…