Karen Salkilld, 42, was arrested in March after filing the insurance claim in her partner’s name, falsely saying she had died in a car accident in Broome. WAFL.

Karen Maree Salkilld, 43, was “living beyond her means” when she made the drastic decision to pretend she had died in a car accident in Broome in 2023, WA’s District Court was told.

Karen Maree Salkilld created a bank account in her former partner's name to fraudulently claim a life insurance payout worth more than $700,000. During sentencing, the District Court in Perth ...

Karen Salkilld pretended to have died in a car accident and claimed a large insurance payout in the name of her partner, who was not involved in the scam, a court hears.

Karen Salkilld, 43, used her ex-partner’s name to lodge the claim, which declared she had died in a car crash in Broome in 2023. Perth gym owner jailed after faking own death to claim insurance ...

Karen Salkilld was arrested in March after lodging an insurance claim in her partner’s name claiming she was killed in a car accident in Broome.

Karen Maree Salkilld had pleaded guilty to gaining benefit by fraud and to knowingly using a false record to defraud. In February, the 43-year-old received more than $718,000 from an insurance ...