Green Technology was also supposed to be backed by a wealthy individual who was providing reinsurance to GUA, but Barfield said he wasn’t that person and that no one else was associated with the company.ĭespite the testimony, Barfield said in an interview after court that he wasn’t suspicious. Green Technology Services was supposed to be gathering data to help underwriters determine the risks of properties it insured, but Barfield testified he did no such work. He said at times he would meet Beck at a McDonald’s or other locations to hand over checks and bank bags full of cash to Beck. In an exclusive interview with the FOX 5 I-Team, Matthew Barfield, a cousin of Beck, testified Wednesday and Thursday that he was paid 10% of Green Technology’s fees to create invoices for the company. The cousin of suspended Georgia Insurance Commissioner Jim Beck spoke with the FOX 5 I-Team following his testimony during Beck's federal trial.Įarlier testimony alleged Beck siphoned off other money by providing invoices to GUA contractors who in turn billed GUA and sent money back to Beck or entities he controlled. SEE ALSO: 'I’ve always trusted Jim': Cousin of Georgia’s Beck talks to FOX 5 after testimony "She said she did not remember," Mosley testified. Mosley said that after investigators began circling, Beck asked him to call the sign company representative and "get her to remember" that she donated the signs to his campaign as an in-kind donation. Georgia Arson Control offers rewards to people who report arson and provides grants to fire investigators. Those signs were delivered to Beck’s Carrollton home. Georgia Underwriting Association Assistant Plan Manager Josh Mosley testified Friday that Beck directed him to use Georgia Arson Control program funds to pay a $4,271 invoice for 1,500 signs for Beck’s insurance commissioner campaign. He is on trial after he was indicted in 2019, months after taking office, on charges of mail fraud, wire fraud, money laundering and filing false tax returns. Then the friendship ended with the McKaigs saying they learned he was embezzling.Ī witness testified Friday, Beck improperly took money from the private insurer he led and used it to buy campaign signs when the Republican ran for office in 2018.īeck is accused of improperly diverting more than $2 million from GUA, an insurer of last resort that covers property owners unable to buy insurance on the regular market. The McKaig were close friends with Beck until they got a look at the evidence that federal investigators had gathered against Beck. A long-time friend of suspended Georgia Insurance Commissioner Jim Beck testified he lied to him.
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