(Radio Iowa) – An eastern Iowa man was given a suspended sentence for insurance fraud. The Iowa Insurance Division says 59-year-old William Michael Velky of Hiawatha, recently pleaded guilty to one count of filing a false insurance claim The investigation found Velky was involved in a two-car accident in Cedar Rapids in October of 2020 that involved property damage and injury.

The Insurance Division says Velky called and to get an automobile insurance policy by telephone after the accident — and then claimed the wreck had occurred after he started the insurance policy. He received the suspended five-year jail sentence and was ordered to pay a one-thousand dollar fine.