No, this isn’t a Dateline episode about vehicle fraud…yet. This luxury vehicle con started in Virginia but moved around as the couple managed to swindle car dealerships out of over 20 cars. How did these two scam so many car dealerships by faking someone’s death?
The plot for this luxury vehicle fraud started with a simple faked death
This story starts in Newport News, Virginia, with a couple named Alexandra Hatcher and Albert W. Hatcher Jr. According to the Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of Virginia, the pair cooked up a luxury vehicle fraud scheme that started with a simple fake death. In 2015, Alexandra decided to change her name to Sandra Marie Hatcher legally. This would allow her husband to collect her life insurance policies in her name.
Sometime in the following year, the couple submitted fake death claims on two different insurance policies. The pair made fake death certificates to submit to insurance so her husband could collect the life insurance. In one instance, the couple published an obituary in the Daily Press to corroborate the story.
According to the Daily Press, the cause of death was noted as “a traumatic brain injury resulting from a fall.” The couple requested a lump sum cash payment upon submitting this to the Navy Mutual Aid Association. Unfortunately for these two, the insurance companies…
