Kansas Man Sentenced to Probation for Insurance Fraud

Kansas Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt announced a Sedgwick county man has been sentenced to 12 months of probation for insurance fraud. Lance Given, age 64, pleaded no contest and was sentenced on July 8, 2026, in Sedgwick County District Court to two misdemeanor counts of fraudulent insurance acts. Given gave false information about the location and circumstances of an accident in order to gain coverage for damages to his vehicle that otherwise would not have been covered by his policy. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 12 months probation with 30 days of underlying prison time if probation is violated. He was ordered to pay a $500 fine for each count. The Kansas Department of Insurance investigated this case which was prosecuted by the Kansas Attorney General’s Office. Source: Kansas Department of Insurance Topics Fraud Kansas Was this article valuable? Thank you! Please tell us what we can do to improve this article. Thank you! % of people found this article valuable. Please tell us what you liked about it. Here are more articles you may enjoy.