From behind a desk, Jerry Altieri collars some of the trickiest criminals of them all: insurance scammers.
Jerry Altieri isn’t your average crime fighter.
He doesn’t spend his days patrolling the streets and chasing down criminals — he doesn’t even carry a badge or a gun.
But from behind his computer at the Nationwide Insurance office near Peters Creek Road, Altieri, 52, has meticulously waged a statewide war against insurance fraud, a crime that nine out of 10 Virginians believe they are affected by, according to the Virginia State Police.
Altieri’s hard work was recently recognized when he was presented with the second annual Virginia State Police Fraud Fighters Award.
