Raleigh woman charged with insurance fraud for lying about crash

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – A Raleigh woman was charged with insurance fraud for trying to get money for an accident she and her son were never in, the Department of Insurance said Tuesday.

Brittany Tyeshia Gibbs, 31, was charged with insurance fraud and obtaining property by false pretense. Both are felonies.

Gibbs is accused of telling Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. that she and her son were injured in a car crash in an attempt to get money from the company. The two weren’t in the vehicle at the time of the crash, the NCDOI said.

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