Sec. 38a-287. (Formerly Sec. 38-163). Defrauding life or accident insurance companies. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 38a-287. (Formerly Sec. 38-163). Defrauding life or accident insurance companies. Any person who obtains or attempts to obtain, from any life or accident insurance company of this state, any money on any policy of insurance issued by it, by falsely or fraudulently representing the insured person as dead or the person insured against accident as injured, or fraudulently obtains or attempts to obtain any money from such company upon a policy of insurance issued in the name of a fictitious person, shall, (1) if the sum so obtained or attempted to be obtained is two thousand dollars or more, be imprisoned not more than ten years, and (2) if such sum is less than two thousand dollars, be fined not more than ten thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

      (1949 Rev., S. 8711; P.A. 08-178, S. 12.)

      History: Sec. 38-163 transferred to Sec. 38a-287 in 1991; P.A. 08-178 added Subdiv. designators (1) and (2), increased threshold from $100 to $2,000 and increased maximum fine from $500 to $10,000 for violation involving less than $2,000.