Kansas Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt announced a Johnson County woman has been sentenced to 24 months of probation for insurance fraud.
Jinky Alcantara, aged 39, pleaded guilty on May 26, 2026, in Johnson County District Court to one felony count of insurance fraud. Alcantara produced false in
voices to her insurance company as part of a burglary claim with the intent to financially gain from the submission of the false writings. She was sentenced on July 16, 2026, to 2
4 months of supervised probation and assessed $500 in fines, with additional court costs and fees.
The Kansas Department of Insurance investigated this case which was prosecuted by the Kansas Attorney General’s Office.
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Source: Kansas Department of Insurance
According to the suit, Amega Thaier, who worked as a senior program manager at Washington University’s Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center, complained to both the university and the EEOC that she was separated from her colleagu
es because of her race during a mandatory training session provided by the University’s Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
Thaier complained about the incident internally in January 2025 and later filed a charge with the EEOC in July 2025. After, Thaier’s supervisors retaliated against her by transferring her job responsibilities to other em
ployees and eventually eliminating her position completely in November 2025, resulting in her termination, the suit said.
The alleged conduct violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits retaliation for opposing race discrimination or filing a charge of discrimination.
The EEOC filed suit (EEOC v. The Washington University, Case No. 4:26-cv-01289) in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its administrative conciliation process.