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Bradford bodyshop involved in insurance scam
- 09/11/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
The owner of a bodyshop that boasts of clients such as top footballers and music superstars, has paid back tens of thousands of pounds to an insurance company after it was found to be involved in an alleged ‘cash-for-crash’ scheme. The Yorkshire Post reported that Naveed Khan, the founder of Enkahnz in [...] -
Two men sentenced for staging crash
- 06/11/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Two men who met and became friends in prison were yesterday (Thursday, 5 November) sentenced at the Old Bailey after staging a ‘cash for crash’ accident in order to claim over £16k on their car insurance. Kais Bougoussa, aged 46 (1/5/69) from Stratford Road, E3 pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud by [...] -
Cash-for-crash fraudster jailed
- 05/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
A man has been jailed after it emerged that he claimed money for an incident that occurred in Chiswick, yet his accomplice wasn’t even in the country at the time. Mohamed Labre Chiadmi, also known as Adam Leno, pleaded guilty to fraud by false representation and two counts of making false declarations to obtain [...] -
Cash for crash gang to be sentenced
- 02/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Six men are due to be sentenced over a multimillion-pound crash-for-cash scam. The men from London and Manchester attempted to defraud insurers out of around £5.6 million by setting up a claims management company, Herald Claims Limited, to file fraudulent or inflated insurance claims after a [...] -
Thirty-eight charged over ‘cash for crash’
- 28/07/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Thirty-eight people have been charged over an alleged ‘crash for cash’ insurance fraud in Cumbria. Police said the offences took place across the county between 2010 and 2014, and the uncovering of the offences comes as a result of a joint operation between Cumbria Police, the Insurance Fraud Bureau and the [...] -
‘Cash-for-crash’ ringleader sentenced
- 28/04/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
The ringleader of a gang who ran a ‘cash-for-crash’ scam involving bus passengers has been jailed for more than six years. John Smith, 42, from Connah's Quay, Deeside, staged seven collisions in Chester allowing more than 200 people to make false personal injury claims. A total of 13 other people involved [...]