WARNER ROBINS, Ga. — The former owner of a Warner Robins insurance group was sentenced to federal prison on Wednesday for committing fraud involving premium payments to win an award for himself.

Jeremy Lasseter, 44, was the owner of an Alfa Insurance Agency group, according to a release from the Middle District of Georgia for the U.S. Attorney's Office.

Lasseter was selected as Alfa's Georgia "Insurance Agent of the Year" for four years in a row, the release said.

They said that in March 2020, he told one of his insurance customers to make premium payments, but he didn't apply them to toward her policies.

He used those payments for premiums for other customers without her knowledge or consent, the release said.

"When directing the victim to make payments, he would sometimes instruct

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