In today's Globe and Mail (October 4, 2010) it is reported that the Insurance Bureau of Canada is warning about a "concerning trend" of insurance fraud.
"There has been a rise in crashes that are orchestrated to claim lucrative no-fault insurance payouts and, to avoid detection, perpetrators are increasingly involving innocent drivers in their pre-planned collisions."
According to the article, "Toronto is the hotbed, with organized crime being linked to several staged accidents. Insurance industry investigators involved in a recent probe, dubbed Project 92, say they’ve identified more than 40 staged car accidents carried out by one particular crime ring alone, 17 of which have already been criminally investigated. Police have laid 291 charges against 39 individuals in the sting, 20 of whom have been convicted."
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/insurers-beware-national-watchdog-raises-alarm-for-fraud/article1740676/
this happened to me this weekend :(
ReplyDeleteThis is one of the main reason why insurance companies in Toronto and mainly in entire GTA still don't feel comfortable. People causing such accidents are bad apples effecting general public's finance.
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