Ex-insurance officers guilty in scheme

Two former Maryland Insurance Administration agent enforcement officers pleaded guilty yesterday to criminal charges related to unauthorized access of state computers, according to the Maryland attorney general's office.

Prosecutors said William E. Unkle of Stewartstown, Pa., and Joseph E. Wolfe of Felton, Pa., were involved in a scheme to alter the insurance administration's licensing system computers to indicate that both men had insurance producer licenses.

Baltimore Circuit Judge John P. Miller sentenced each man to one year of prison and suspended the sentences in favor of a year of probation. The men were each fined $500 and ordered to perform 25 hours of community service.