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Seeking Victim Information in Thomas Lemmen Life Insurance Investigation

Seeking Victim Information in Thomas Lemmen Life Insurance Investigation

The FBI’s Indianapolis Division is seeking to identify potential victims of Thomas J. Lemmen, a former insurance agent of Schererville, Indiana. Lemmen was indicted by a federal grand jury on October 17, 2024, on charges of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.

According to the indictment, Lemmen executed a scheme in which he wrote over 1,000 fraudulent life insurance policies for individuals who purportedly resided throughout Northern Indiana and elsewhere without their knowledge or consent. Specifically, the indictment alleges that between 2020 and 2022, Lemmen applied for and obtained fraudulent life insurance policies using his victims’ names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and by forging their digital signatures. As a result of the fraud, Lemmen received millions of dollars in commissions to which he was not entitled. An indictment is merely an allegation and is not evidence of guilt. The defendant is presumed innocent until proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

If you believe you were victimized by Thomas J. Lemmen or have information relevant to this investigation, please fill out this short questionnaire.

If you know of someone else who may have been victimized by Thomas Lemmen, please encourage them to complete the questionnaire themselves.

The FBI is legally mandated to identify victims of federal crimes it investigates. Victims may be eligible for certain services, restitution, and rights under federal and/or state law. Your responses are voluntary but may be useful in the federal investigation and to identify you as a potential victim. Based on the responses provided, you may be contacted by the FBI and asked to provide additional information. All identities of victims will be kept confidential.

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Questionnaire
For the below questionnaire, please only fill this form out on behalf of yourself, or if you are the Guardian or Next of Kin of a potential victim. If you know someone else that may be a potential victim and they are neither a minor nor deceased, please encourage them to fill out this form on their own behalf.

1. I am filling out this form on behalf of



2. If the Potential Victim is someone other than yourself, please provide his or her information below:

Is the potential victim living or deceased?


3. Which of the following best describes you or the potential victim you are reporting on behalf of?




4. How many life insurance policies have you or the potential victim you are reporting on behalf of purchased from Thomas Lemmen (include only policies that you or the potential victim made in your/their own name)?






5. How many life insurance policies has your spouse purchased from Thomas Lemmen (include only policies in your spouse’s name)?







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7. Have you or the potential victim you are reporting on behalf of ever been a smoker?


8. Has your spouse ever been a smoker?



9. Have you or the potential victim you are reporting on behalf of ever been made aware of a life insurance policy in your/their name that you/they had not purchased?


10. Have you or the potential victim you are reporting on behalf of ever applied for life insurance coverage and been denied?


11. While applying for insurance of any kind, did you or the potential victim you are reporting on behalf of learn that an insurer had information about you/them that you believe was inaccurate?


12. Have you or the potential victim you are reporting on behalf of suffered any financial loss that you believe may be attributable to the actions of Thomas Lemmen?


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Privacy Act Statement

The FBI is authorized to collect the information on this form by one or more of the following provisions: Title 28, United States Code, sections 533 and 534; Title 28, Code of Federal Regulations, section 0.85; and the Attorney General Guidelines for Victim and Witness Assistance. The information requested will assist the FBI in providing you with assistance to which crime victims are entitled under federal law. You do not have to provide the requested information; however, failure to do so may hinder the FBI in providing you with crime victim assistance. The information collected on this form is protected by the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, Title 5, United States Code section 552a, and is maintained in the FBI’s Central Records System, DOJ/FBI-002, a description of which was published in the Federal Register at 63 Fed. Reg. 8671 (Feb. 20, 1998) and which may be viewed at www.justice.gov/opcl/doj-systems-records#doj