Husband And Wife Intentionally Ate Glass At Restaurants

A man has pleaded guilty to a multistate scheme in which he and his wife intentionally ate glass at restaurants and collected more than $200,000 in compensation.

49-year-old Ronald Evano pleaded guilty to 20 federal counts, including conspiracy, mail fraud, wire fraud and identity theft.

Prosecutors say Evano and his wife, Mary, filed fraudulent insurance claims worth more than $200,000, collected it and left a trail of unpaid medical bills totaling more than $100,000 in several states in the last 8 years.

Evano said he and his wife ate the glass because they needed money.

The two were treated at hospitals for the glass ingestions at least a dozen times. They collected payments from insurance companies but never paid their hospital bills.

The couple used false names, Social Security numbers and identity cards to run their scams.

Evano could receive up to 100 years in prison. The wife, Mary Evano, is still on the run.

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