Friday, Aug. 16, 2002 | 11:21 a.m.
CARSON CITY -- District Judge John McGroarty has placed a 37-year-old man on three years probation for his part in an insurance scheme that became known as the "coyote case."
Daniel J. Erickson, formerly of Henderson who now lives in California, and his partner Rory Griffin Graham, collected $83,000 from insurance companies for their false claims of being in an accident while trying to avoid hitting a coyote.
Senior Deputy Attorney General Greg Hojnowski said Erickson must repay the insurance companies $16,920 and reimburse the state attorney general's office $5,000 it spend on the investigation.
Hojnowski said Graham was placed on five years probation last April.
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