FARGO (KFGO) – A Casselton man has been charged with insurance fraud in Cass County.
The State’s Attorney’s office in conjunction with the North Dakota Insurance Department brought felony charges against 58-year-old Paul Baumler after Baumler filed 39 claims through multiple insurance carriers involving ATV accidents and investigators identified 14 of the claims to have evidence of material misrepresentation.
Baumler was charged with one count of committing a fraudulent insurance act, a class B felony which carries a maximum penalty of 10 years’ imprisonment, a $20,000.00 fine, or both.
Baumler has previously been convicted and spent time in the the state penitentiary in several other theft-related cases.