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Prosecutors say Ronald Evano and his wife, Mary, filed fraudulent insurance claims worth more than $200 000 (about R1.5 million), collected more than $200 000 and left a trail of unpaid medical bills totalling more than $100 000 (about R750 000) in several American states between 1997 and 2005.

Evano pleaded guilty to 20 federal counts, including conspiracy, mail fraud, wire fraud and identity theft. Prosecutors dropped four counts of identity fraud and health care fraud in the plea agreement.

An arrest warrant was issued last year for Mary Evano on the same charges as her husband. She is still being sought.

Needed money
Evano said in court that he and his wife ate the glass because they needed money.

"We would go to a restaurant, and I'd say I had glass in my food," Evano said. "Then I would go to the hospital and say I was in pain." Over the years, one or both claimed to have eaten glass at establishments in in Massachusetts, Maryland, Washington DC, Rhode Island, and Virginia. The couple used false names and identity cards.

Evano is in custody and is to be sentenced next month. He could receive up to 100 years in prison. – (Sapa-AP)

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August 2007
 

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