Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Lawsuit Accuses Colo. Pastor of Fraud

DENVER - An insurance company sued a prominent Denver minister and four of his affiliated church groups Tuesday, accusing them of filing fraudulent life-insurance claims on behalf of parishioners.

AIG Life Insurance Co. claims the Rev. Acen Phillips and other defendants obtained a group life insurance policy on behalf of as many as 316 people and falsified paperwork to ensure that the bulk of any claims payments would go to them, not surviving family members of those who were covered.

The company paid $638,131 under the scheme - more than half of which went to Phillips and other defendants, the lawsuit said. AIG terminated the group-life policy Nov. 30, 2006, after paying seven claims, according to court documents. ...

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