Some of the provisions included in the legislation are:
- cut in half the value of property obtained through a fraudulent insurance act in order to be convicted of insurance fraud;
- Crack down on repeat offenders by establishing three levels of the crime of aggravated insurance fraud for people who commit fraud more than once in a five year period;
- Allow district attorneys to prosecute organized auto fraud rings under the State Organized Crime Control Act, which carries tough criminal penalties.
I am floored by the sheer amount of auto insurance fraud in New York. A lot of people are trying to pull the wool over the eyes of insurance companies. Apparently enough are getting away with it to warrant this legislation.
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