The United States Department of Justice

April 29, 2008

KANSAS CITY, MO., MAN SENTENCED TO 6.5 YEARS FOR SENIOR INSURANCE SCAM

   KANSAS CITY, KAN. – Darin R. Noah, 41, Kansas City, Mo., was sentenced Monday to 78 months in federal prison for selling senior citizens insurance benefits they did not receive. He was also ordered to make restitution to 26 victims in the amount of $857,724.82.

In November, Noah pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud.

“Mr. Noah targeted the elderly and infirm,” said U.S. Attorney Eric Melgren. “They paid him for long term health care insurance. In some cases, he never purchased the policies. In other cases, he bought a policy for one year and then stole the premiums.”

In his plea, Noah admitted that beginning in 2000 he sold insurance polices in Kansas and Missouri. On March 16, 2006, the Kansas Insurance Department, Anti-Fraud Division, received a complaint from a couple in Olsburg, Kan. Investigators determined that from June 6, 2001, through March 8, 2006, Noah collected more than $62,000 from the couple for home health care insurance, which he never provided for them to receive.

In his plea, he stipulated that he engaged in illegal activities that resulted in a total loss to the Olsburg couple and other victims of $857,724.82.

In April, 2006, the Kansas Commissioner of Insurance revoked Noah’s license as an insurance agent. In 1997, Noah had been required by the Iowa Insurance Division to surrender his insurance license.

Melgren commended the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Kansas Insurance Department, Anti-Fraud Division, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Marietta Parker for their work on the case.