January 23, 2009-Bismarck Tribune

Crystal Gayle Just, formerly an insurance agent at an office in Bismarck, reported four pieces of jewelry stolen to the West Fargo Police Department in August 2008.

She also filed a claim with her insurance company for one item of jewelry. Police later discoved that she had pawned a piece of jewelry that she had reported stolen, according to reports.

Just was convicted of one count of false information to law enforcement, and sentenced on Jan. 12 to 12 months unsupervised probation and 25 hours of community service.

Adam Hamm, state insurance commissioner, said incidents like these are reviewed by a legal team on a case-by-case basis before making the decision to revoke a license.

“In this case, given what she was convicted of and what she did - at the core, the fraudulent insurance claim - the appropriate action was to revoke her insurance license,”Hamm said.