How to stop some fraud

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Tim Leahy

I have a client who was defrauded of over a quarter million dollars by an insurance agent who had, sine 1988, some 53 arrests, 144 charges, and a multitude of convictions for theft, drugs, assault, escape from confinement and more. In the course of representing her I found out that the Maryland Insurance administration doesn’t do criminal background checks on licensee applicants like most other states. I sent a message to Doug J.J. Peters via Facebook today about his interest in working with my client to introduce legislation to have the MIA do a background check and have the applicant pay for it. If the MIA had done that a few years back I can think of at least one elderly woman who would still have her retirement savings. Hopefully Sen. Peters will follow up.

About Tim Leahy

Timothy P. Leahy, a partner at the firm, practices law in Maryland and the District of Columbia and is a member of the American, Maryland, D.C, and Prince George’s County Bar associations. He received his J.D., cum laude, from the University of Baltimore Law School in May 2000, earned his M.B.A. in 1993 at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, and his B.S. in Transportation & Logistics at Maryland in 1990. Timothy brings over 10 years experience in business to his practice of the law and focuses on litigation and general practice matters. A former home improvement contractor and army reservist, he volunteers with Christmas in April and has coached for the Bowie Boys & Girls Club. He is a Board member of his homeowners association, pro bono counsel for Bowie CLAW, and a volunteer Mediator for the District Court of Maryland. Timothy moved to Bowie in 1982 and lives there with his wife of 24 years and two sons.
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