As reported by Nation.co.ke, they call it “cash for crash,” a scam whereby criminals cause a minor road collision, then claim thousands in insurance money. But when a stage-managed accident went wrong on the A40 in Buckinghamshire, an innocent woman lost her life. Read Article
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Rhestar.co.uk reported that five men who helped scam Barnsley Council out of £70,000 have been handed community orders. John Gregory, Dean Kiss, Duncan Stather, Luke Sharkey and Dale Priestley admitted fraud after making false insurance claims between 2007 and 2010. Read Article
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According Newsinsurance.co.uk Tariq Mehmood was sentenced to 12 months in prison at Harrow Crown Court on Friday (25 January 2013) for conspiracy to defraud and dangerous driving. Ansab Rizwan and Ihtisham Gondal received suspended sentences and 180 hours of unpaid work each for their parts in the scam, whilst Nasser Khan received a 12 month [...]
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BBC.co.uk reported that two people have been arrested in South Africa for “borrowing” a corpse as part of an elaborate life insurance scam, police have said. A police spokesman said a woman in Durban had created a fake identity and paid towards insurance policies. Read Article
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Victor Teodorescu attorney from Brasov, RO was sentenced to 25 years in prison for paying Ervin Victor Presmereanu to murder his wife. The motive behind the murder was a sum of 150,000 EU insurance money. The victim, Violeta Teodorescu was stabbed to death on March 29, 2011. The murderer, Presmereanu received a 16 year sentence. [...]
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Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater announced that within his first week or so on the job, his department arrested six people in Miami who are accused of staging car crashes or filing fake insurance claims related to the accidents. A massage therapist in Naples who allegedly filed fraudulent billings for two patients was also [...]
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