Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey announced on Wednesday, June 23, that a local man received a sentence of two-and-a-half years in prison after pleading guilty to charges related to insurance fraud.
Adam Haddad, 44, of Shrewsbury, pleaded guilty to Motor Vehicle Insurance Fraud (18 counts), Larceny by False Pretenses Over $1,200 (15 counts), Attempted Larceny (3 counts), and Malicious Destruction of Property (6 counts).
Haddad received a sentence in a separate case in April for filing false tax returns.
According to Healey’s office, Haddad regularly enhanced damage and caused new damage to customer vehicles at ADH Collision of Boston Inc., owned by Haddad and located in Everett, and Accurate Collision Inc., formerly owned by Haddad and located in Worcester. Surveillance footage from one of Haddad’s business locations shows him using mallets, sledgehammers, and pieces of wood to cause damage to five customers’ vehicles. The damage caused inflated appraisals and reimbursement requests from insurance companies.
Haddad pleaded guilty to charges related to $170,000 in false claims collected from eleven different insurance companies over a period of four years.
The judge sentenced Haddad to serve two and a half years in jail, with six months to serve, and the balance suspended for three years of probation with the conditions that he pay $170,000 in restitution – $5,000 of which he must pay in the next 30 days – surrender his automotive appraisals license, and complete a financial statement with supporting documentation every six months.
