HARRISBURG - Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane announced criminal charges have been filed against numerous individuals, including a woman from Lehigh County, following unrelated insurance fraud investigations.

The charges, which were filed in recent weeks, were the result of investigations by the Office of Attorney General's Insurance Fraud Section.Amber Marie Barnes, 30, 1305 Blue Mountain Drive, Danielsville, is charged with two counts of insurance fraud and one count of criminal attempt to commit theft by deception.In May 2013, Barnes was involved in an automobile accident while driving an uninsured vehicle, investigators said.Following the accident, Barnes called Progressive Insurance to reinstate the vehicle's prior insurance policy and allegedly claimed that she had not been involved in any accidents since the policy lapsed. Relying on her false statement, Progressive reinstated the policy and, after the other driver made a claim, Barnes allegedly lied again about the circumstances of the reinstatement in order to create the false impression that the reinstatement occurred before the accident.Barnes has waived a preliminary hearing.