A Neosho man pleaded guilty in U. S. District Court in Springfield this morning to embezzling $77,594.20 from clients while he was working for American Family Insurance.
No sentencing date has been scheduled for Joshua D. Hughes, 45, whose grand jury indictment was unsealed this morning. The U. S. Attorney's office issued a target letter to Hughes in 2019, according to court records.
According to the plea agreement, Hughes, who operated the Joshua Hughes Agency at 895 Business 49 in Neosho accepted $77,594.20 from 16 customers for insurance policies, but never forwarded the money to American Family Insurance. Instead, he transferred the money into personal accounts, issued false evidence of insurance forms to the clients and provided auditors with altered, incomplete bank records.
Hughes could be sentenced to as much as 10 years, but that appears unlikely since court records indicate he has cooperated with the government's investigation.
5 comments:
I hope the Native America Casinos sent him a thank you letter. I don't seem to remember an embezzlement issue prior to these Casinos...
LOCK HIM UP - -
This Little Sleazeball should get a Minimum of 15 Years for his Fraud - - What if these People had Major Car Accidents / Lost their House due to Fire / Tornado - or even had Major Medical or Died and did not have Life Insurance to leave to their Families to Pay their Bills - -
Again, do not feel sorry for this Cheat - Feel sorry for his Victims who this could have caused Traumatic Life Occurrences Too.
Through the Book at him for doing this to his Clients. So the Judges and District Attorneys need to STOP MAKING DEALS - AND GIVING THEM SLAPS ON THE WRISTS - LOCK THEM UP AND LET THEM DO THE TIME FOR THEIR CRIMES.........
Native Americans had nothing to do with someone making a choice to commit a crime.
I don't directly blame the Indian Casino Business but they are a draw for people who are doing nefarious things. Poor Seneca PD deals with so many issues directly related to the Casinos. Drugs, prostitution, embezzlement and all around neglect are a direct product of these establishments. I would love to see one good thing that they provide that outweighs the damage done to our communities.
I agree with this post. It seems that people who resort to embezzlement like this are often gambling addicts that are chasing their losses or feeding their addiction.
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