Insurance agent jailed over attempt to defraud terminally ill friend

An insurance agent in Ashburn, VA has been sentenced to two years in prison for defrauding her client of about $182,000. Loudoun Now reported that Semyya  Cunningham, 41, was convicted by a federal jury on February 1. Court records said Cunningham was an agent and licensed representative of Western Reserve Life Assurance of Ohio. In April 2014, she sold a life insurance policy to a close friend identified as Victim A. The policy Cunningham sold included an accelerated death benefit option that allowed the holder to claim the proceeds before death, in the event, they are diagnosed with a terminal illness.