• Birmingham tops crash-for-cash list

    • 17 May 2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Birmingham remains the country’s most prevalent area for crash-for-cash fraud Analysis by the Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB) of 27 million motor insurance claims made across the UK in between 1 October 2019 to 31 December 2020 identified over 170,000 claims which could be linked to suspected crash-for-cash [...]
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  • Crash for cash dropped by £60m

    • 17 November 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    New figures released suggest the cost of ‘crash for cash’ fraud has dropped by almost £60 million in the last three years following a major crackdown by insurers and the police, forcing insurance cheats to change tack Statistics from the Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB) indicate an overall decline in ‘crash for [...]
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  • Bradford bodyshop involved in insurance scam

    • 9 November 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 Bradford, [...]
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  • Two men sentenced for staging crash

    • 6 November 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 [...]
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  • £34,000 confiscated from insurer conman

    • 15 September 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    The Old Bailey has ordered £34,000 to be confiscated from a ‘crash for cash’ conman who obtained it from sham insurance claims made after he deliberately caused a collision on a Dorchester A-road He was also ordered to pay court cost of £7,65300 Judge Moss said that Mark Smith, aged 45, of Moat House Way in [...]
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  • Dashcam uncovered crash for cash scam

    • 10 August 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    A dashboard camera uncovered a dangerous crash for cash scam, a Manchester court heard The on-board footage showed Audi driver Alina Khan, 30, from Oldham, brake heavily to stage an accident She was given a suspended jail sentence at Manchester's Minshull Street Crown Court after admitting fraud by false [...]
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  • ‘Crash for cash’ scam uncovered

    • 31 July 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    A couple from Manchester who made up a car crash and then encouraged family and friends to falsely claim they were involved in the crash, in an effort to get tens of thousands of pounds in insurance payments, have been jailed for a total of three years Dale Bowers and Michelle Culff were sentenced alongside six [...]
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  • Crash for cash gang convicted

    • 20 July 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    An organized criminal gang of six men, who carried out Crash for Cash insurance fraud, have been convicted at court An organised criminal gang who carried out ‘Crash-for-Cash’ insurance scams, and who also attempted to defraud the UK insurance industry of Circa £56million pounds, have been found guilty of [...]
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  • Fraudulent insurance claims increasing

    • 8 July 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Cash for crash’ and organised fraud are causing the number of spurious insurance claims to increase, according to new figures from Aviva Around 14,000 fraudulent insurance claims worth £95million were made in 2014, this is the equivalent of 39 false claims being registered every day It is estimated that one in [...]
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  • New ‘crash for cash’ scam identified

    • 2 July 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Motorists are being warned about an aggressive new strain of the ‘crash for cash’ scam that is increasingly being used by opportunistic criminals Dubbed ‘crash for ready cash’ by investigators from anti-fraud specialists APU, the new tactic involves the criminals deliberately causing an accident and then [...]
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