Article: Florida Charges Riviera Beach Man with Car Insurance Card Scam.

By Jeff Ostrowski, The Palm Beach Post, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

May 13--A Riviera Beach man sold bogus auto insurance cards to nearly 200 Palm Beach County motorists, more than a dozen of whom now face charges for using the fake cards, the Florida Department of Financial Services said Wednesday.

Howard M. McKinon, 57, of 481 W. 30th St., was arrested late Tuesday on 14 counts of marketing a false or fraudulent motor vehicle insurance card and one count of organized scheme to defraud, state officials said. He faces up to 75 years in prison.

McKinon sold at least 196 cards over the past six months, most of them to drivers ...

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