Facebook Bragging and Insurance Fraud Don’t Mix

A man from British Columbia has been ordered to pay $18,000 in restitution and $2,000 in fines after bragging on Facebook about a fraudulent claim he filed after totaling his truck on New Year’s Eve. While driving under the influence, Canadian Corbin Joseph rolled his truck. There were three other passengers in the vehicle, but no serious injuries were sustained. Unfortunately, Joseph was prohibited from driving at the time of the accident, and never should have been behind the wheel.

In order to receive an insurance payout, Joseph convinced one of the other passengers to say she had been driving at the time of the accident. Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) paid out $18,350 as a result of the false claim before ICBC’s special investigation unit found Joseph had been bragging on Facebook about drunkenly rolling his truck on New Year’s Eve.

We can only assume Joseph's status was something like this. 

Joseph’s friends were interviewed and ultimately conceded that he had in fact been driving at the time of the accident. On top of having to repay the settlement amount and additional penalties, Joseph also received a three month conditional sentence and six months probation.

When it comes to insurance fraud, filing a false claim is pretty stupid, but publicly bragging about it after the fact is about as dumb as it gets.