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Ogemaw County Resident to Pay Nearly $775,000 After Investigation Finds Alleged Insurance Fraud
Media Contact: Laura Hall, 517-290-3779, halll17@michigan.gov
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 14, 2021
(LANSING, MICH) As a result of a cooperative investigation between the Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) Fraud Investigation Unit and the Ogemaw County Sheriff’s Office, a West Branch man has been sentenced to 90 days in jail and must also pay restitution of nearly $775,000 for an alleged insurance scam.
Darrell Lee Hardenburgh, of West Branch, appeared on April 21 before the Ogemaw County 34
th Judicial Circuit Court. He was sentenced to 90 days in jail and three years’ probation for receiving and concealing stolen property in excess of $20,000. As part of the plea, Mr. Hardenburgh was not charged with several additional counts of insurance fraud but was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $746,529.21 to Hastings Mutual Insurance Company and