New Orleans Woman Sentenced for Conspiring to Stage Automobile Accident in Order to Defraud Insurance and Trucking Company Out of $4.7 Million | USAO-EDLA

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – United States Lawyer Duane A. Evans declared that KEISHIRA ROBINSON (“K. ROBINSON”), age 27, of New Orleans, Louisiana was sentenced nowadays for Conspiracy to Dedicate Mail Fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Portion 371, arising out of her involvement in a staged auto incident that transpired on Oct 13, 2015. So far, the full selection of defendants convicted in “Operation Sideswipe” is 30-6 (36).

In accordance to files filed in federal court docket, A. Robinson, Harris, Schaffer, and K. ROBINSON intentionally collided with a tractor-trailer in the space of Alvar Street and France Highway in New Orleans. Roderick Hickman (“Hickman”), who pled guilty to a previous indictment charging him and 10 some others with staging car incidents, was driving A. Robinson’s car at the time of this incident. Hickman deliberately struck a tractor-trailer owned and operated by C.R. England, and then was picked up from the collision web-site by Damian Labeaud (“Labeaud”), who has also pled guilty to a past indictment as aspect of this investigation. Soon after the incident, A. Robinson, who had been in Labeaud’s car or truck at the time of the accident, then got guiding the wheel of his possess motor vehicle to make it look that he experienced been driving at the time of the staged incident. A. Robinson falsely described to the NOPD that he had been driving and that the tractor-trailer experienced struck his vehicle.

All 4 defendants have been referred to an lawyer who paid Labeaud for staging this accident, amongst other folks. All of the defendants had been addressed by medical practitioners and healthcare vendors at the route of their attorneys, and A. Robinson, Harris, and Schaffer underwent surgical procedures. In total, in July 2019, the target trucking and coverage company paid out close to $4.7 million for the fraudulent claims related with this staged incident.           

United States District Decide Ivan L.R. Lemelle sentenced K. ROBINSON to 5 years’ probation, restitution requested in the amount of $4,725,000, $100 required unique assessment, and the courtroom granted the preliminary purchase of forfeiture in the total of $5,000.

The U.S. Attorney’s Business office would also like to accept the support of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Louisiana Point out Police, and the Metropolitan Criminal offense Commission with this matter. The prosecution of this circumstance is getting managed by Assistant U.S. Lawyer Brandon Extensive, Brian M. Klebba, Main of the Money Crimes Unit, Assistant U.S. Legal professional Maria Carboni, and Assistant U.S. Lawyer Edward Rivera.

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