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COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) – The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) has charged a man in connection with insurance fraud after filing a false claim for over $10,000.
SLED charged 21-year-old Jakeem Jamal Samuel, with him becoming the third person arrested in the fraud scheme. Co-defendants Ulanda Shamicka Yarborough, 44, and Jamari Demetrius Pringle, 19, were arrested in October of 2024 in the same fraud scheme.
According to SLED, on March 19, 2025, Jakeem Jamal Samuel knowingly assisted, solicited, and/or conspired to submit a false claim for insurance payment to Progressive Insurance for himself and other co-defendants.
An arrest warrant states that Pringle and Yarbrough reported a staged hit and run where a vehicle hit them from behind, forcing them off…
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