A North Carolina woman is headed to prison for filing nearly 300 insurance claims that fraudulently maintained she had cancer.
Susan Leigh Huebotter, 60, was sentenced to 44-65 months in prison after pleading guilty to false pretense charges, according to the North Carolina Department of Insurance. She has also been ordered to pay more than $231,000 in restitution to Aflac Insurance.
Between 2009 and 2017, Huebotter filed 287 insurance claims for cancer. However, she was never diagnosed with or treated for the disease.
“Honest consumers pay a high price for the insurance money stolen by the dishonest insurance scammers,” said North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey. “Fighting insurance fraud vigorously and pursuing prosecution of insurance fraud has been a top priority at the Department of Insurance since I was sworn in as commissioner. Insurance fraud and white-collar crime continue to be major problems in North Carolina and across the nation.”
