The state Insurance Commissioner put a Kent woman on an insurance fraud most wanted list after she failed to appear in court.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Tiera Bates, 31, of Kent, failed to appear in King County Superior Court to face a charge of filing a false insurance claim, according to a state Insurance Commissioner\u2019s media release. A bench warrant for her arrest was issued on April 29 and her bail is set for $2,000.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Bates now joins Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler\u2019s insurance fraud most wanted list. Bates was charged April 6 in connection with a false auto insurance claim.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
According to the investigation, Bates purchased an auto insurance policy on July 3, 2015 from Lyndon Southern Insurance Co. Three days later, she filed a $4,200 claim for a reported hit-and-run collision that damaged her 2006 Cadillac SRX. Investigators determined the photo of the damage to the car that Bates submitted with her claim was taken on July 3, a couple of hours before she bought the policy.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The insurance company denied the claim and referred the case to Kreidler\u2019s Special Investigations Unit (SIU).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n