Victim didn’t need the internet to get scammed; her insurance agent showed up at her door each month for eight years

When Hawkins contacted Columbian Mutual with a question about her policy in 2014, she was advised that there was no policy under her name in effect. This initiated an investigation by the State Corporation Commission’s Bureau of Insurance and the Virginia State Police Insurance Fraud program. The investigation reveled that while Mr. Barnes’ employment with Columbian Mutual Life Insurance Company ended in 2009, he continued to collect payments from Ms. A. Hawkins.