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Posted: 11:56 AM Apr 2, 2010
Prestonsburg Coal Mine Company Operator Indicted for Mail Fraud
52-year-old Pamela Allen faces five counts of mail fraud.
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (WSAZ) -- Federal prosecutors have indicted the operator of a coal mine company out of Prestonsburg.
52-year-old Pamela Allen faces five counts of mail fraud.
According to the indictment, Allen is listed as the sole officer of Sly Branch Energy (SBE), an underground coal mine operation in Floyd County and other areas in Eastern Kentucky.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office says that between May, 2004 and May, 2005, Allen allegedly under reported monthly payroll and the number of coal miners working for her to Kentucky Employers Mutual Insurance (KEMI). By doing this, she paid KEMI less than full value for workers compensation insurance.
Prosecutors also say that Allen allegedly furthered her scheme through a purported trucking company called Altrite.
Allen, who is listed as the sole officer of Altrite, never purchased workers compensation insurance for the company and placed many of her SBE employees on Altrite’s payroll. This allowed her to under report SBE’s payroll and its true number of employees to KEMI.
While Altrite was known as a trucking company, it never owned any trucks or never hauled any materials according to the indictment.
If convicted, Allen faces a maximum prison sentence of 20 years.
Latest Comments
FUNNY I HAVE A LETTER FROM INSURANCE CO THAT PROMISED TO PAY FOR SCHOOL IN COAL MINERS DISABILITY CLAIM ! NO GOV AGENT HAS ACCUSED THE INSURANCE CO OF MAIL FRAUD AND THAT LETTER CROSSED STATE LINES !
Sly Branch Energy.. Not as Sly as she thought. lulz!
Instead of cooking the books, she should have moved to West Virginia cooked meth for the money, you would get a lighter sentence and be back on the street in no time. =) Vote the Judges out who are soft on drug crimes!
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