Charles Ingram, the former Army major at the centre of the Who Wants To Be A Millionaire trial, claimed more than £30,000 on insurance policies that were dishonestly obtained, a court heard.
Ingram, 39, of Easterton Wiltshire has denied seven charges at Bournemouth Crown Court, revealed a report.
Christopher Parker, prosecuting, said Ingram had taken out two consecutive home contents insurance policies with two different companies. In both cases he had failed to reveal that he had made claims against his previous policy.
The former major was initially insured by Norwich Union between 1991 and 1997. In this period the report said he made seven claims.
Parker said when Ingram applied for a new policy in 1997, this time with Zurich Municipal, he failed to declare the claims he had made on his previous policy when asked to do so. Ingram made a further four claims against his policy with Zurich Municipal.
The court heard that Ingram took out a new policy with Direct Line in 2001, but failed to mention the four claims made with Zurich Municipal under his previous policy.
Parker alleged this failure was an offence because it was done dishonestly. He added, however, that there was no suggestion the claims were not made against genuine losses, said the report.
Ingram was arrested in October 2001 when loss adjusters looked into his claims history following a £30,000 claim for a burglary occurring in August of that year.
Parker told the court that Ingram had kept a record of his insurance claims on his computer, but told police he had forgotten the claims when applying for the new policies, revealed the report.
Ingram denies two counts of obtaining a pecuniary advantage by deception, four charges of obtaining a money transfer by deception and one count of attempting to obtain money by deception. The trial continues.
