Bumper rip-off : ‘Crash for cash’ gangs in huge car insurance scam
The moment when a “crash for cash” gang targeted an innocent victim by creating a motorway accident has been caught on tape. The shock scenes – go to
ind.pn/1mDThcf to see them – were taken from the victim’s car and used in court to help convict the criminals.
The driver became yet another victim of the so-called “slam-on” scam. This is when the motorist in front slams on their brakes for no apparent reason, causing drivers behind to crash into them.
The latest staged “accident” caught on film is just one example of what is becoming the most common type of fraud in the UK, according to Aviva. The insurer says motor injury fraud now accounts for 54 per cent of Aviva’s total detected claims fraud costs. And more than half are from organised so-called “cash for crash” claims.
The fraud is often linked to wider gang-related crime – and puts innocent motorists at risk.
One of the more audacious accidents took place in Newcastle in 2009 when a mini-bus allegedly travelling from Newcastle to Edinburgh for a stag event was supposed to have caused a collision with another car in a tunnel, resulting in alleged whiplash injuries to all the occupants.
http://www.independent.co.uk/money/insurance/bumper-ripoff--crash-for-cash-gangs-in-huge-car-insurance-scam-9289335.html
