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Woman got $2,400 in scam over Carnival cruise she never booked, Georgia officials say

A Carnival Imagination cruise ship passes South Pointe Park in Miami Beach in January 2011. An Alabama woman claimed she couldn’t go on her Carnival Cruise due to “medical reasons” to swindle $2,400, Georgia officials say.
A Carnival Imagination cruise ship passes South Pointe Park in Miami Beach in January 2011. An Alabama woman claimed she couldn’t go on her Carnival Cruise due to “medical reasons” to swindle $2,400, Georgia officials say. ASSOCIATED PRESS

An Alabama woman sought thousands of dollars from an insurance company after she claimed she wasn’t able to go on a Carnival Cruise trip.

Georgia officials say the woman actually never booked the cruise and is now facing fraud charges.

The woman, from Phenix City in Alabama, about 2 miles from Columbus, was charged with insurance fraud and forgery, according to a news release from the Insurance and Safety Fire commissioner.

The 29-year-old filed a claim with Jefferson Insurance in July 2021 after she said she could not go on a Carnival Cruise “due to medical reasons,” the release stated.

Officials say the woman submitted several forged documents to collect about $2,400 from the insurance company. An investigation revealed that she had never booked any cruise.

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Cassandre Coyer
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Cassandre Coyer is a McClatchy National Real-Time Reporter covering the southeast while based in Washington D.C. She’s an alumna of Emerson College in Boston and joined McClatchy in 2022. Previously, she’s written for The Christian Science Monitor, RVA Mag, The Untitled Magazine, and more.
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