Judges dismisses insurance fraud charges; retains theft charges against Uniontown couple
A Fayette County judge ruled that charges of insurance fraud filed against a couple accused of illegally collecting more than $20,000 in unemployment compensation should be dismissed, but upheld theft-related charges in the case.
President Judge Gerald R. Solomon found that the Insurance Company Law of 1921 – under which the charges against Myron and Lisa Nypaver were filed – did not cover the insurance fraud charges. Solomon found that the law did not deal with unemployment compensation, and that there was no evidence presented during a June hearing that the city of Uniontown is one of the self-insured entities that are covered under the law.
Myron Nypaver, 45, and Lisa Nypaver, 41, both of Uniontown were charged earlier this year when continuing to collect unemployment benefits on Myron Nypaver’s behalf after he was brought back as the fire chief in the city. He had been furloughed.
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