Investigators say Cortessa Bryant ran into a stump with her vehicle after the lapse. Soon after that, Bryant made a payment to her insurance to reinstate her coverage, according to officials.
They say that her agent refused to back-date her payment so that her insurance would cover the accident.
After she was covered, she made an insurance claim with her insurance company that her car was the victim of a hit-and-run accident in a K-Mart parking lot, insurance officials say.
South Carolina Law Enforcement Division agents say Bryant admitted that she falsified the claim, after Allstate Insurance Company denied the claim.
Bryant pleaded guilty in June to presenting a false insurance claim for payment of more than $1,000, but less than $5,000.
She was sentenced to one year in prison, suspended to six months probation.
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11/6/2008 7:00:16 PM
