{
  "id": 3015628,
  "title": "Former Virginia Insurance Agent Pleads Guilty to Fraud",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/former-virginia-insurance-agent-pleads-guilty-to-fraud",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-24T12:16:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Insurance Journal",
    "slug": "insurance-journal",
    "url": "https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2026/08/24/882577.htm"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A former Virginia insurance agent pled guilty last week to wire fraud related to a scheme to pocket the premiums he was paid for policies he sold. According to court documents, Thomas Robert Hoyt, of Melfa, told certain clients to …",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}