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Old April 3rd, 2010 #21
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most of them have got no uk license. they wouldnt pass their test over here even though they can take it in any language under the sun. it is a FACT that ethnics cannot drive properly.
 
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£1,000,000 ‘Crash for cash’ Burnley brothers jailed
Rezwan Javed

Published on Thursday 15 September 2011 16:30


Two brothers at the heart of one of the country’s biggest ever “crash for cash” scams have been jailed.


Rezwan Javed and his older brother Rehan each benefited by about £1m. from the scam.

Rezwan Javed (34) and Rehan Javed (36), both of Dovedale Close, Burnley, Lancashire, were found guilty after a trial at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court of conspiracy to defraud and possession of an article for use in fraud.

Rezwan Javed was sentenced to six years in prison and Rehan to five years.

Under the Proceeds of Crime Act, it was heard they each benefited from the scam by £995,915.27. They have both been ordered to pay £156,000 and have been given six months in which to pay. Should they fail to do so, there will be a two-year four-month prison sentence which will run consecutive to the sentence passed today.

The brothers ran North West Claims Centre Ltd, a Burnley company which managed insurance claims. They organised fraudulent claims following collisions deliberately caused by other members of an organised crime group, including Mohammed Patel.

The scam ensured all those involved would earn money at the expense of the other parties’⿿ insurers.


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This has been happening around Oldham for years, in fact a few months ago on Ashton Rd, at the King St roundabout a car with four Stanies in it started to go then stop suddenly. Lucky for me and not trusting the bastards I didn't move I gave them the finger and shouted Pen Jud out of my window, they got the message.
 
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Yesterday I put up a story linked to this type of story can the mod tell me what happened to it?
 
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£1m 'crash for cash' conmen jailed
Published on Friday 16 September 2011 19:40


Two brothers at the heart of one of the country's biggest ever "crash for cash" car insurance scams in Lancashire have been jailed.


Police say Rezwan Javed, 34, and his older brother Rehan, 36, made £995,915 from defrauding insurers after bogus bumps on the road.

The pair, both from Dovedale Close, Burnley, have been sentenced to jail at Minshull Street Crown Court in Manchester after being found guilty at an earlier trial of conspiracy to defraud and possession of an article for use in fraud.

They would get associates to drive around and stop at roundabouts. While the car behind them was looking right for traffic to clear so they could then edge forward, the Javeds' drivers in front would slam on their brakes, causing a shunt.

They then made bogus claims for repairs, write-offs and storage costs, also claiming there were three people in the car hit from behind. Each bogus claim netted around £3,000.

Rezwan Javed was sentenced to six years in prison and Rehan was sentenced to five years. Under the Proceeds of Crime Act, they were both ordered to pay £156,000 and given six months to pay it.

If they do not there will be a two year four month prison sentence which will run consecutive to the sentence passed on Thursday.

Passing sentence Judge Bernard Lever said: "What you developed was nothing short of a production line of fraud on an industrial scale.This is not a victimless crime either in financial or human terms.

"Some of the targeted occupants were elderly and children. Many lost their no claims bonus and had to pay greatly enhanced premiums. Some suffered trauma and nervous shock.

"I have required the prosecution to produce the exact and most recent statistics of motor insurance fraud, which is costing every motorist £44 per year per policy and the insurance industry £2 billion per year."

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This nearly happened to me some time back, I approached the roundabout top of Ashton Rd, at King St. Four muslim youths in a car tried to do the same, I just waited untill they moved of and gave them the finger. Also shouted out of my window that they are sister sha@@ers in Punjabi or Urdu, I don't know which language it is but they do get the message from the look on their faces, also if you find yourself in this situation watch out for no brake lights on their cars they put dud bulbs in and claim they were damaged in the crash.
 
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'Crash for cash' fraudsters told to pay back what's left of £1m they made in insurance scams (but there's only £79,000 left)
By Martin Robinson

30th September 2011

Four 'crash for cash' fraudsters who made more than £1 million by staging car accidents will not be forced to pay all the money back because they have spent most of it.
The Luton gang, who swindled huge sums off insurance companies in bogus claims, only have £79,000 left between them, the town's crown court was told.
Hafiz Chishti, 36, made a cool £870,000 out of the scam but now has just £8,000 in cash and property for the courts to seize.


Partner in crime Wajid Hussain, 32, must hand over just £70,000 of more than £280,000 he obtained while Changaiz Ishaq, 31, profited to the tune of £18,000 but has less than £1,000 available to hand over.
Finally Avinash Pancha, 34, only has £100 of the £3,600 he made in the scam, meaning they have spent £921,000 of cash obtained through deception between them.


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Old October 12th, 2011 #26
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A GROUP of friends hatched an ‘unsophisticated’ crash-for-cash scam to make themselves ‘easy money’.

The five men and one woman claimed they were involved in an accident at Whitebirk roundabout in Blackburn, close to junction six of the M65.

But their lies were unravelled by vigilant insurance officers who noticed inconsistencies in their claims.

The Blackburn gang have now all pleaded guilty to fraud by false representation at a hearing at Preston Crown Court.

Detectives who investigated the group said they initially looked into whether they were behind other incidents in the area.

But where more organised gangs have caused unsuspecting motorists to smash into the back of them, police said it was close friends Yusuf Mohammed Wasway and Ibrahim Seedat who agreed to crash into each other for a quick whiplash payout.

Wasway, 25, of Cherry Street, claimed he had been driving a blue Audi A3 while Seedat, 28, of Wareham Street, was driving a black Vauxhall Astra when the accident happened.

Aziz Bham, 23, of Addington Street, Ismail Seedat, 24, of Bethel Road, Sabina Patel, 26, of Cherry Street, and Ahmed Patel, 29, of Town Walk, all claimed to be passengers in the cars and said they had been injured.

All six defendant’s bogus personal injury claims for whiplash were rejected.

Police said ‘ringleader’ Wasway agreed for the others to claim on his policy.

He received £1,800 for damage to his car, but inconsistencies in the report of the accident and the assessment by Zurich Insurance raised the alarm.

He and the other claimants were arrested in March 2010 following a lengthy investigation following the alleged crash on April 18, 2008.

Detectives have ruled the gang out of a more complex ‘crash for cash’ ring and said it appears to be an ‘opportunistic’ single claim which was ‘hatched together as a quick money-making scam’.

It is estimated that this type of crime results in costs of up to £45 a year for every genuine insurance premium customer throughout the country.

Det Chief Insp Dean Holden said: “We work closely with the Insurance Fraud Bureau and will deal robustly with anyone caught engaging in this type of activity.

“Crash for cash scams are dangerous and illegal and will not be tolerated.

"Criminal gangs involved in this type of scam are targeting honest and law-abiding motorists and are putting people’s lives at risk.

“We work very hard to reduce road casualties and make our roads safer for everyone.

"This type of crime penalises other law-abiding motorists through increased insurance premiums.”

In some instances, fraudsters have been known to drive around busy roundabouts, road junctions or slip-roads and perform an unnecessary and dangerous emergency stop causing the innocent driver to crash into them.

The fraudster then claims on the innocent motorists insurance, often with several accounts of fictitious injuries.

Last month, Burnley brothers Rezwan and Rehan Javed were jailed for 11 years for a £2million ‘crash for cash scam’ where their North West Claims Ltd rogue firm benefitted from the staging of more than 80 fake collisions across the north west.

All six friends will be sentenced on Monday, November 14 at Preston Crown Court.

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Four ‘crash for cash’ fraudsters who ripped £3million off insurance companies by staging car smashes and filing fake insurance claims were jailed today.

Another two men who helped make the claims and smash up the luxury cars for the benefit of insurance company inspectors were spared jail, but ordered to pay compensation to the Co-operative, RBS and Norwich Union.

The team of six faked more than 120 accidents, making claims to insurers for incidents that never took place, netting more than £1.17million for themselves.

Conned insurance companies from 84 of the faked smashes paid out a total of £1.91million between November 2005 and October 2008.
A further £427,000 worth of claims were rejected by the insurance companies.
With the remaining 40 the police were unable to retrieve details for the total figure is likely to be closer to £3million.
Bogus crashes mainly involved flash, high-price cars, such as Jaguars, BMWs and Mercedes, with ‘old bangers’, where the low value car was always ‘at fault’.

The cocky con-artists even held ‘crashing parties’ where they would share food and drink before 'criminal mastermind' Mohammed Samsul Haque, 26, and Rosul Yusuf, 33, directed others to ram the expensive cars.
If the damage was insufficient the gang used baseball bats, smashing lights and wing mirrors to create more.




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http://www.moneyhighstreet.com/car-insurance-news/crash-for-cash-scams-hit-rural-areas/
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Crash for cash scams, whereby fraudsters fake car accidents in order to make car insurance claims are a major issue and now rural sites are being used, risking serious injury and endangering lives of other road users.

Crash for Cash Car Insurance‘Crash for cash’ fraudsters fake accidents by making unnecessary emergency stops at busy roundabouts or slip roads, forcing motorists to crash into them.

A bogus claim is then made to the innocent motorist’s insurer, often including fictitious injuries and passengers.

Direct Line’s analysis of the UK’s top ten ‘crash for cash’ hotspots, shows ten new favoured locations with rural sites now being used as fraudsters look for new places to carry out their scams.

By using rural areas, fraudsters wrongly believe they will be harder to detect. Conducting these scams in rural areas means the likelihood of serious injury or worse to innocent motorists is increased, due to less traffic enabling average speeds on rural roads to be higher than in urban areas.

The top ten hotspots include roundabouts, junctions and slip roads throughout the UK.

Top Ten Crash for Cash Hot Spots

Barking, A406 Eastbound, junction with Abbey Road.
St Albans, North Orbital Road at Noke Lane / Lye Lane.
A40 Intersection with North Circular, also known as the Hanger Lane Gyratory.
Bedfordshire, A5 Dunstable Road junction with B4540 Lynch Hill.
Bolton, M61 Junction 4.
Roundabout at Oldham Bypass and Manchester Road.
Woolston Grange Avenue, Warrington (roundabouts 7A, B, C, D).
Chester Road, Little Aston, Birmingham near to its junction with Hobs Hole Lane.
A4177 Honiley Road, just past Fen End going towards Warwick.
A10/A121 roundabout.

Paul Hubbard, Head of Counter Fraud Operations at Direct Line, said: “Crash for cash scams pose a significant risk to public safety.

“As well as adding to the cost of insurance, they delay payouts on genuine claims as any reported accident at a known scam site has to undergo additional investigations.

He added: “Our investigation systems mean that we can pinpoint areas of concern and the hot spots are just a small proportion of the data that we share with the rest of the insurance industry.

“We will not tolerate fraudsters and always push for the harshest penalties, as we have a duty to protect our customers. Every pound taken by a fraudster is a pound taken from honest motorists.”

The Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB) estimates the insurance industry’s exposure to fraudulent organised motor insurance claims per year is £350m, costing honest customers over £4 million every week. This adds on average £44 to the annual costs individual policyholders face each year.

Some tips for drivers to protect themselves against fraudsters:

If you suspect someone in front of you is driving erratically give them as wide a berth as possible
In the event of a car accident record as much detail as possible including names, addresses and dates of birth of claimants
Make a note of how many people are in the other vehicle and if possible take photographs with your mobile phone
Get full names and addresses of any witnesses
Make sure you highlight concerns to your insurer and you can report information free of charge to the Insurance Fraud Bureau’ confidential hotline on 0800 328 2550 or online at w w w.insurancefraudbureau.org/report

For further details on Direct Line Car Insurance visit w w w.directline.com

MoneyHighStreet comments: “It’s another sad reflection on our society that fraudsters turn to such scams and pray on the innocent to make money. The sophisticated investigation systems that insurers such as Direct Line, and other entities are using to track them are welcomed.

Fraudsters will still try to get round these and consumers need to be aware, taking to steps to avoid the scams if possible. If caught though, taking action such as making sure you get witness details and take pictures with your mobile phone really can help.”
What the report doesn't tell you is the extent of enrichment of these areas. Oldham and Birmingham benefit from high enrichment, but I don't know about the others.
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the oldham one is in an area of high enrichment, as no doubt are ALL the others
 
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I don't believe in coincidences.

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Parts of Britain are now worse than America for the number of personal injury claims made following road accidents, a report has revealed.

The amount of claims recorded in the UK rose by almost 20 per cent last year, despite the number of accidents falling dramatically.

The figures will be a shock to British drivers, as the compensation culture is estimated to add £400million to the cost of motor insurance.

The year-on-year rise in the number of claims is the biggest ever.
The number of accidents has fallen dramatically but personal injur claims are on the rise

The number of accidents has fallen dramatically but personal injur claims are on the rise

Earlier this year, Transport Secretary Justine Greening condemned the UK as ‘the whiplash capital of Europe’, saying motorists were claiming for even the most minor of accidents.

The Actuarial Profession, the body which compiled the report, identified the north-west of England as one of the areas that has leapfrogged America, which is renowned for its litigious culture.

Liverpool, and Manchester are listed – along with Birmingham – as the cities with the largest proportion of claims.
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Pakistani, Afghan and Bangladeshi criminal gangs in Britain are staging deliberate car accidents in order to claim their victims' car insurance money, police say.

In what has been dubbed a 'cash for crash' scam, the organised gangs, operating primarily in Yorkshire, Lancashire and the suburbs of London, are said to be costing the British insurance industry about 350 million pounds a year.

The modus operandi of the gangs appears to be to move closely in a convoy of two cars - the first car suddenly brakes very hard, as does the second, forcing the targeted victim's car to crash into the rear of the second car, police said.

The perpetrators then make a fraudulent car crash claim to their victim's insurance company for damages to their vehicle and for personal injuries, such as whiplash - real or not.

Some fraudsters have claimed for injuries to persons not even present in the vehicle.

Ten such gangs operate in northwest London alone, and the daily count of staged accidents could be up to 20, London police inspector Nick Chalmers told BBC Asian Radio.

According to an Insurance Fraud Bureau report issued in July this year, incidents of criminally staged, fake car accidents are on the increase.

The cost to the industry is passed on to all drivers, not just the victims.

According to the Association of British Insurers, all bogus claims - including those made in 'cash for crash' scams - can add five percent, or 44 pounds, to the insurance premiums of law-abiding motorists.

A two-year investigation by Hertfordshire police, called Operation Mysterious, resulted in one gang receiving a total of 10 years in jail earlier this year.

'Innocent members of the public are being involved in serious collisions by criminal gangs just to make money. It is putting them and other road users seriously at risk,' Chalmers told Sky News.

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A law graduate who masterminded a series of ‘cash for crash’ insurance scams was jailed for two years today.



Mohammed Javid, 28, claimed £80,000 in a number of ‘highly significant frauds’ including faked car accidents, burst water pipes and false benefit claims.

The father-of-one even claimed to be renting a house he owned back to himself, and that a fictitious passenger had sustained injuries from one of the crashes.

Sentencing at Bristol Crown Court, Recorder Waddington said his crimes were committed out of pure greed.

He said: ‘You spent a great deal of time and effort trying to extract money from the state and from various insurance companies in a number of different ways.

‘I am only able to conclude these offences were committed more out of greed on your part than what can be said to be necessity.

‘You are a person who is not destitute and you have got yourself into trouble you are now in by engaging in this course of conduct.

‘There is only one option on the fact and that is a prison sentence.’

The court heard that Javid, from Blackburn, Lancashire, used a number of false names to claim money from insurance companies and the Department of Work and Pensions.

Javid staged three car accidents and claimed a total of more than £40,000 from insurers - although he had only received £4,200 before charges were brought.


In one case in March 2011, Javid, along with brother-in-law and co-defendant Shabeer Ahmad, 30, created a crash between a Vauxhall Astra and a Toyota Celica and claimed £2,500 for the written-off car, of which only £1,500 was awarded.

In November 2010 Javid claimed more than £18,000 for the fictional hire of a Mercedes, car repairs and injuries to a passenger who did not exist.

As evidence of his claim Javid submitted fictitious invoices and told insurers his passenger, who was in fact nowhere near the scene of the accident, had sustained serious injuries which needed compensation.

He was awarded £2,300 for the injuries but insurers refused to pay for the rest.

Stephen Dent, prosecuting, told the court: ‘This is a case which involves some highly significant frauds in a variety of ways.

‘The defendant claimed the other vehicle had driven into him, but on questioning the other driver said it had in fact been the other way around.

‘He also made a claim for the damages, vehicle storage costs and personal injury for a passenger.

‘He submitted fictitious invoices for a storage company, the number of which was his own telephone number.

‘The other driver was asked about a passenger in the car and he said there had been no one else in the car with Mr Javid at the time of the accident.

‘The potential passenger was contacted and he confirmed he had been nowhere near the car at the time.’

In the final crash Javid pulled a female driver over to the side of the road and accused her of driving into him and causing a bump on his Vauxhall Astra van.

But the driver disputed the claim and on investigation it was found that the bump had been on the van when Javid had bought it.

Javid, who ran a businesses in the motor trade, also used a false name to submit a claim for £19,521, from his household insurers for water damage to a property he owned.

He then made a further claim, using the name Mr Patel, for rent of £600 a month while the home was being repaired.
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Seems like there is a new scam about to start what the betting the origin of these people will be.


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Good manners on the road are often considered a rare and pleasant surprise.

But they are becoming the latest weapon among criminal gangs looking to cause accidents on the roads and make money out of innocent drivers.

Motorists are being warned about a new insurance scam where criminals deliberately cause accidents by flashing their lights at other drivers.


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'Cash-for-cash gang filled bus with 26 [paki] fake victims then staged accident with car to make bogus compensation claims totalling £250,000'

- Seven defendants deny conspiracy to defraud insurance companies
- They are accused of deliberately crashing the bus at low speed


Fraudsters staged a spectacular stunt involving a bus and a car in a ‘cash for crash’ scam, a court heard.

They filled the single-decker with their own passengers and the driver deliberately crashed the bus at low speed into a Vauxhall Safira.

When police and ambulance staff arrived only one man appeared to be injured and the Vauxhall was nowhere to be seen.

However 26 fraudulent claims were made by fake passengers for whiplash injuries, Sheffield Crown Court was told, and bus company Sheffield Mainline had to set aside £250,000 to pay compensation.

Seven defendants deny conspiracy to defraud insurance companies.

The jury was told that bus driver Adam Herbert, 25, and the car driver have admitted the charge.

Katherine Robinson, prosecuting, said the fraud centred on an accident claims company called City Claims 4 U run by Mohammed Gulzar and Shoaib Nawaz in Pitsmoor Road, Sheffield.

‘It was a professional and organised conspiracy by deliberately making false claims over road traffic accidents which never occurred or were staged,’ she said.

The bus crash was allegedly staged in June 2011 in Pitsmoor, Sheffield, as City Claims 4 U were ‘becoming both confident and very, very greedy’.

Miss Robinson said: ‘This was an audacious plan to crash a bus being driven by Adam Herbert into a car driven by one of the defendants. The plan was to load the bus with as many dishonest passengers as possible then submit a raft of bogus claims for personal injury.’

She said passengers described a ‘very minor bump’ at low speed or a ‘gentle collision’ with some of the passengers losing their footing. False details of the car driver were given to the police.

One passenger later told police the whole accident was staged and that she had been invited to make her own personal injury claim.

A member of staff at City Claims 4 U was also on board and submitted a claim.

‘A total of 26 people made very similar claims for whiplash-type injuries arising out of this collision and the bus company put aside £250,000 for the cost of litigation,’ said Miss Robinson.

However the bus company made inquiries and found that the collision was staged.

The court heard the fraudsters staged several crashes in Halifax, Sheffield and Rotherham between October 2010 and July 2011.

False claims were boosted by hiring out replacement vehicles from Rent a Car 4 U which was linked to the other company.

Miss Robinson said Gulzar was the principal organiser of the scam and Nawaz was a central figure.

Gulzar, 30, Nawaz, 25, and Nisar Hussain, 28, all from Sheffield; Liam Howden, 25, of Rotherham, Javed Khan, 46, of Birmingham, Sami Selam, 37, of Flint, North Wales and Kiran Shaheen, 21, of Bradford all deny conspiracy to defraud.

Eight other defendants have admitted the same charge and will be sentenced later. The trial continues.

Motorists are falling foul of a new insurance scam dubbed ‘flash for crash’.

Fraudsters in cars watch for vehicles exiting from shops, car parks or fuel stations.

They flash their headlights, apparently offering a right of way to join the main road, but instead speed up to hit the victim’s car side-on.

This results in a ‘your word against mine’ situation when it comes to apportioning blame, and the criminal holds the victim at fault for turning across him.

The new tactic was spotted and named by automotive anti-fraud investigation specialist APU, which said it had emerged since the turn of the year.
 
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Guilty verdicts in fatal car scam


Date published: 28 February 2017


THREE men involved in a "cash for crash" scam which killed an 88-year-old woman in Leeds have been convicted.

Mr Justice Goss returned verdicts with no jury after jurors at Leeds Crown Court reported they were offered bribes.

Betty Laird died after the collision in September 2014. Sabir Hussain, 25, of Leeds, Raja Hussain, 31, of Leeds, and Shahrear Islam Miah, 26, of Chadderton, were found guilty of conspiracy to commit fraud.

The Hussains were also convicted of manslaughter.

Miah was cleared of the charge.

Mr Justice Goss said there was a "concerted attempt" to tamper with the jury.

"Approaches [were] made to five [jurors] after they left court on Tuesday by at least two different people, one female and one or two males, to reach certain verdicts."

Mrs Laird died after the car she was in was in collision with a Volkswagen Passat on Old Lane in Beeston in September 2014.

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Car scam raids


Reporter: Jacob Metcalf
Date online: 28 April 2017


POLICE made five arrests when they executed dawn raids in Oldham as they targeted gang members believed to be involved in a high-value car scam.

More than 100 officers from Greater Manchester Police and Cheshire Constabulary carried out the raids, which included areas in Levenshulme and Stockport.

Officers targeted eight properties and arrested five men aged between 28 and 58-years-old.

The sting follows a lengthy and complex investigation by Cheshire Constabulary's Economic Crime Unit, looking into the activities of a group thought to be fraudulently leasing high value cars, which are then transported overseas and never seen again.

Det Sgt Brian Faint, of Cheshire Constabulary's Economic Crime Unit, said: "Organised crime groups bring misery and pain to our communities


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Crash-for-cash hotspots: The 30 UK postcodes where drivers have suffered the most car-shunt insurance scams - so does your area feature?
The Midlands and North of England appear to be the most targeted areas
Birmingham, Bradford and Manchester postcodes featured most prominently
Insurance Fraud Bureau said one victim of the scams was killed in the last year

By Rob Hull For Thisismoney.co.uk

Published: 15:32, 26 September 2017 | Updated: 23:51, 26 September 2017





The 30 UK postcodes where the most drivers have fallen victim to crash-for-cash scams in the last year have been revealed - and it doesn't make great reading if you live in the Midlands or the North of England.

Birmingham appears most frequently in the top 30 list - in fact, five Birmingham postcodes are among the top 10 locations where fraudulent accidents have been masterminded, according to data from the Insurance Fraud Bureau.


Read more: http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/c...#ixzz4trJT6ryQ



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Britain's biggest single 'crash for cash' insurance plot is foiled after conmen are seen grabbing their necks when ringleader drives into back of bus in slow-motion collision
Merrick Williams was jailed for 12 months and banned from driving for two years
He drove into a bus and footage shows two of his friends grabbing their necks
Paramedics and police were called but no one revealed they were injured
Insurance company AIG became suspicious after receiving seven injury claims
The seven friends were handed suspended sentences and ordered to undertake community service

By Isobel Frodsham For Mailonline

Published: 10:56, 16 October 2017 | Updated: 12:00, 16 October 2017
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Cash-for-crash gang's associates 'triggered fire alarm during trial then offered jurors £500 to find them not guilty as they waited to get back into the court'
Girl told to bribe jurors to say 'not guilty' but asked for guilty in error, court heard
Was part of an attempt by group of eight to allegedly fix the verdict, jury told
Attempts unsuccessful after the judge used rare legal powers to convict himself

By Rory Tingle For Mailonline

Published: 18:31, 25 October 2017 | Updated: 18:34, 25 October 2017

A teenager was recruited by a gang to approach jurors with £500 to return a 'not guilty' verdict during a trial but 'got her words wrong' - and asked them to find the defendants guilty, a court heard.

The bungled attempts were unsuccessful after the judge used rare legal powers to take on the jury's role for himself.


The girl, 15, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was part of a trio who allegedly approached five members of a jury to attempt to bribe them with cash to find the defendants not guilty.


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Old November 2nd, 2018 #39
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Is this an accident or a crash-for-cash scam? BMW driver makes emergency stop - and driver behind rear-ends him
•Footage shows the silver BMW suddenly slam on the brakes on the A10
•The driver behind the BMW then hits the back of the vehicle
•There doesn't appear to be clear reason why the silver vehicle slammed brakes

By Leigh Mcmanus For Mailonline

Published:16:00, 1 November 2018 | Updated:03:54, 2 November 2018



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Is this an accident or a crash-for-cash scam? BMW driver makes emergency stop - and driver behind rear-ends him
•Footage shows the silver BMW suddenly slam on the brakes on the A10
•The driver behind the BMW then hits the back of the vehicle
•There doesn't appear to be clear reason why the silver vehicle slammed brakes....
One should always keep a safe distance between oneself and an Asian driver and a minimum of 5,000 miles seems about right to me.
 
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