Attorney General Josh Shapiro today announced criminal charges against 25 individuals in Western Pennsylvania following investigations by the Attorney General’s Insurance Fraud Section. The charges are the result of a sweep conducted by the Insurance Fraud Section’s Western Regional Office during the months of February and March 2019. Since Attorney General Shapiro took office in January 2017, the Office of Attorney General’s Insurance Fraud section has charged 452 persons with insurance fraud cases. Two of the suspects have been identified as 51-year-old Alan Talarico of Moon Township and 34-year-old Tonya Prowell of New Castle. The charges announced today involve some of the most common types of insurance fraud.