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Jun23
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An amazing auto collision ring in Southern California involves hundreds of people, from the perpetrators to the victims. The amount of people recruited for this fraud is shocking as is the detail and planning it took to set-up these “accidents.” With the amount of planning it took to orchestrate these crimes I would hope the criminals could put that ability to use in a legal way.
- Insurance fraud – A married couple, who are residents of Elverta, were arrested June 1 and each charged with one felony count of making a false or fraudulent statement for the purpose of reducing premium, rate, or cost of workers’ compensation insurance; one felony count of grand theft; one felony count of willful failure to supply true information with the intent to evade payroll tax; and one felony count of willful failure to collect, truthfully account for and pay payroll tax. Their daughter a resident of Antelope, was arrested on one felony count of making a false or fraudulent statement for the purpose of reducing premium, rate or cost of workers’ compensation insurance; one felony count of grand theft; and one felony count of assisting in supplying a false or fraudulent report to the Employment Development Department (EDD).
- Auto Collision Ring - Twenty-seven month probe by the Los Angeles County Auto Insurance Fraud Task Force nets 23 total arrests – estimates more than 125 allegedly staged auto collisions, causing an estimated loss of $4 million. Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi on Thursday announced the early morning arrests of 20 suspects involved in a staged auto collision ring dubbed “Operation Freeway Squat.” The bust targeted a major auto insurance fraud ring that involved staged auto collisions which has terrorized drivers on Southern California freeways for over two years. As part of the scam, dozens of participants were recruited to participate in a “swoop and squat” staged-collision ring. Hundreds of individuals may have been involved in the ring.
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