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New York Auto Insurance Fraud Ring Busted Following Two-Year Investigation December 11, 2020
An enterprise insurance fraud scheme operating in lower Westchester and the Bronx has been taken down following a nearly two-year long investigation.
Westchester County District Attorney Anthony A. Scarpino Jr. announced the takedown of Operation Sledgehammer, in which five registered businesses and nine defendants were charged with enterprise corruption for defrauding insurance companies by enhancing motor vehicle damage and falsifying insurance claims.
Additionally, three other individuals were charged on separate felony complaints with other crimes relating to this scheme.
“Auto insurance theft affects every one of us,” said Scarpino in a press release issued by his office. “Insurance fraud is not a victimless crime. When false claims are made and money is stolen from insurance companies, it forces all of our insurance rates to increase and co
Video filmed by undercover police shows auto repair workers in The Bronx use a sledgehammer and cardboard to intentionally inflict damage to a car in order to defraud insurance companies by making an accident claim.
The Westchester County District Attorney’s Office on Wednesday announced that 12 people have been indicted following a two-year investigation into an alleged scheme by auto repair shop owners who are accused of falsifying insurance claims.
The DA’s office alleges that body shop owners ‘intentionally inflicted damage to vehicles that were not previously damaged’ in order to defraud insurers.
‘In some cases, defendants strategically enhanced vehicle damage so the body shop could increase the billed repair cost while keeping the actual cost of repair to a minimum,’ the DA’s office alleges.