Coffeeville Woman Indicted on Insurance Fraud

Jackson, MS— (PRESS RELEASE) A Yalobusha County resident has been arrested for insurance fraud, announced Attorney General Jim Hood today.

Jennifer Gail Franklin, 30, of Coffeeville, was arrested today by the Yalobusha Sheriff’s Office following indictment by a Yalobusha County Grand Jury on one count each of insurance fraud and wire fraud.

Franklin is accused of intending to gain for herself a benefit to which she was not due by allegedly scheming to defraud ACCC Insurance Company by falsely claiming that damages to her car had occurred on October 3, 2014 when in fact they had occurred on May 21,2014 and had already been compensated.

If convicted, she faces up to three years behind bars for the insurance fraud charge and up to five years for the wire fraud charge.

The case is being investigated by Jerry Spell and will be prosecuted by Special Assistant Attorney General Larry Baker of the Attorney General’s Insurance Fraud Unit.

As with all cases, the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.