Nov. 30--A Naugatuck insurance salesman is going to jail for stealing nearly $120,000 from clients.
On Tuesday, Christopher Scull, 37, was sentenced to 12 months and one day of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release by Chief U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven.
According to court documents and statements made in court, from approximately June 2011 to January 2014, Scull while employed as an insurance agent with Bankers Life & Casualty Company, stole nearly $120,000 from seven clients. Most of the money was stolen from two vulnerable victims.
Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for Connecticut, said in a release "as part of the scheme, Scull induced one victim to make withdrawals from her annuity and give the money to Scull by falsely representing that the victim owed certain fees in connection with the account. Scull caused the victim to submit an annuity withdrawal form and, after the victim received a check in the mail from Bankers Life, Scull directed the victim to deposit the money into her account and write Sculla personal check. Scullthen used the money for his own benefit."
On Dec. 16, 2015, Scull pleaded guilty to two counts of mail fraud. Hall ordered Scull to pay restitution in the amount of $119,965.38.
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