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Randolph County insurance agent charged with embezzlement, forgery
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An insurance agent from Randolph County, Jeffrey Martin Webster, has been arrested for embezzlement and forgery. He owned Webster Insurance Agency and is accused of taking premium payments from car sales companies but not sending the money to the insurance company. Instead, he forged insurance certificates for these companies. This happened between February 2024 and October 2025. Webster was arrested on February 27 and has a bond set at $60,000. Agents should be vigilant about fraud and report any suspicious activities to help keep insurance costs down.
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RALEIGH
Mar 4, 2026
North Carolina
Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey today announced the arrest of a Randolph County insurance agent on multiple charges, including embezzlement, forgery and uttering.
Jeffrey Martin Webster of 704 Teague Drive, Jamestown, was arrested on Feb. 27. He is the owner of Webster Insurance Agency in Archdale. He was charged with embezzlement by an insurance producer and 18 counts of common law forgery and 18 counts of common law uttering, all felonies.
Special agents with the Department of Insurance’s Criminal Investigations Division accuse Webster of accepting premium payments from a number of automobile sales companies located in Randolph, Davidson, Guilford, Forsyth and Yadkin counties and forging certificates of liability insurance for them without forwarding the premium payments to the insurance company.
The offenses occurred between February 2024 and October 2025.
Webster was arrested on Feb. 27 and given a $60,000 secured bond.
Commissioner Causey encourages North Carolinians to help keep insurance premiums low by reporting suspicious fraud.
“Insurance fraud is not a victimless crime,” Commissioner Causey said. “It hits all of us in the pocket through higher premiums.”
If you suspect insurance fraud or other white-collar crimes, please report it. You may anonymously report fraud by calling the N.C. Department of Insurance Criminal Investigations Division at 919-807-6840 or toll free from anywhere in North Carolina at 888-680-7684.
Information is also available at
www.ncdoi.gov
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