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Maryland Agent Used Hispanic Names In Scam Because He Thought They Were Undocumented: AG
A Maryland insurance agent accused of filing fake life insurance applications allegedly told investigators he intentionally used Hispanic surnames because he believed the company would assume the applicants were undocumented immigrants and skip over deeper Social Security checks. That explanation is now sitting at the center of a felony fraud case. Corrie Dewayne Alston, 51, of Bowie, was indicted Tuesday, May 26, after Maryland investigators accused him of inventing fake customers so he could pocket commission payments from life insurance policies that never should have existed in the firs…