A 50-year-old Rockland County insurance broker was arrested Nov. 17 on charges that he stole $6,500 that two businesses gave him to pay for workers”™ compensation and business liability insurance premiums, the New York State Insurance Department reported.
Fred P. Ramos, of 139 Liberty Road., Tappan, was charged with grand larceny, petit larceny and offering a false instrument for filing. He was arrested by the Rockland County District Attorney”™s Office following an investigation by the Insurance Department”™s Frauds Bureau and the Workers”™ Compensation Inspector General”™s Office.
Ramos is accused of keeping $6,000 he received for liability insurance premiums from one business and another $500 he received for workers”™ compensation premiums from a second business. Investigators also charged that he filed documents falsely stating that the second business was insured for workers”™ compensation.
If he is convicted, Ramos could be sentenced to up to seven years in prison. He also faces revocation of his insurance broker”™s license. Ramos was released pending a hearing in Orangetown Town Court. The case is being prosecuted by supervising senior Assistant District Attorney Anthony Dellicarri.
