These plans lacked the necessary transparency that would give consumers an idea of what they were actually purchasing, said Ashley Blackburn, a senior policy analyst with Community Catalyst, a consumer advocacy group. People buying plans now benefit not only from the standards the federal law sets
After that policy was instituted, police believe they solved the crimes with the arrest of Falls residents Anthony Corsaro, 22, and Ashley Blackburn, 22, who is accused of being Corsaro's accomplice in three of the robberies.