Commonwealth v. Hyde

Following a multiyear inquiry by investigators from the insurance fraud bureau and the Lawrence police department, a grand jury indicted the defendants, James C. Hyde, Michael H. Kaplan, and Omar Castillo, for crimes arising from the submission of fraudulent automobile insurance claims. 2 The defendants later were tried together before a Superior Court jury. Hyde, an attorney at the law firm of Berger & Hyde, P.C., was convicted of two counts each of motor vehicle insurance fraud (see G. L. c. 266, § 11 IB), larceny over $250 (see G. L. c. 266, § 30), and attempted larceny over $250 (see G.…