People v. Buffman

Defendants, Johnnie Buffman, Dorothy Murphy, and Iris Colar, were charged along with 16 codefendants with, inter alia, multiple counts of insurance fraud (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 73, par. 1101) and conspiracy to commit theft (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, pars. 8—2, 16—1), arising from an elaborate automobile insurance scam involving Country Companies Insurance Company and Allstate Insurance Company. In a consolidated bench trial, the court found all three defendants guilty of conspiracy and also found Buffman guilty of one count of insurance fraud, and found Murphy and Colar guilty of…