Kevin Day, an insurance agent with Allstate was arrested on Thursday, January 18, 2018, for forging documents that indicated one of his customers was gifting him $100,000 to start his own insurance business. He was charged with two counts of uttering a forged instrument and one count of criminal use of personal identification information according to the reports of Ocala.com
Since Day’s arrest, Allstate said they were going to conduct an internal investigation regarding the allegations against him.
The Story Begins
The story begins with Day attempting to purchase a business (branch) of his employer. The unnamed employer did not want to sell their business to Mr. Day. The employer later found out that Day purchased another Allstate branch so she decided to investigate how that came to be.
The employer determined that Day may have forged documents indicating that his client was gifting him $100,000.
When the unnamed client was contacted by the business owner, the client confirmed that they had not agreed to provide Day with $100,000 for a business venture.
The business owner contacted the police to inform them of what she believed was taking place. Officer E.J. Raines of the DPD met with the business owner. The business owner shared what she believed was taking place and showed the officer supporting documentation
Officer Raines contacted the victim and had the victim sign their name. The signature did not match documents alleging a gift was provided to Day.
Documents were subpoenaed by Officer Raines from Allstate which showed the victim promising $100,000 to Day and was signed by the victim (allegedly). With bank statements and account balances provided to the officer, there was enough evidence to arrest Day.
It was reported that Day didn’t have a criminal record at least locally.
Allstate did not state whether Day would continue to be an employee however as of 1-21-2018 his business page with Allstate is still active.
My Thoughts on This Story
After reading the original article I am sure there was much more to the story that didn’t make it into the police report. The police report is what is believed to be the major source of Ocala.com’s article.
I believe that there was something that triggered the Allstate business owner to investigate more. If I had to speculate I would imagine that the business owner had some knowledge of Mr. Day’s financial position and knew that he likely was not in a position to purchase a branch of his own. I think the business owner is the real hero (and investigator) in this story realizing that something was not right.
The article did indicate that Day did not deny forging the signature of the victim. I guess he is innocent until proven guilty but it doesn’t look good for Day.
There is a great deal of fraud that happens with those who sell insurance though I don’t think it gets the amount of attention that it should.
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