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Eight People Convicted Over Motor Scam Worth Thousands
The conspirators netted nearly £50,000 which would have doubled had the police not rumbled the scheme.
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Home insurance arsonist shoots witnesses, kids
The amount of the fraud might be the highest but the cost surely was. The man coldly executed five people to prevent witnesses from testifying. One of the deadliest insurance scam cases in US history.
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Charles Ingram
The man who scamed "who wants to be a millionaire" and won, didn’t tell his insurance company about previous claims and therefore lost £30,000 when he was actually burgled
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Armenian mob boss milks Medicare for $160 million
The godfather filed bogus treatment claims to create one of the biggest insurance scams to date.
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Pastor cares enough to kill disabled friend
Taking money from the church to pay the hit man, the pastor killed a man who thought he was his friend to get rid of thousands in debt.
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OAPs kill homeless men to collect millions in life insurance
Two homeless men died in this insurance scam for millions of dollars of insurance money.
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Amateur footballer scammed insurer out millions
The jock was spotted out playing soccer while claiming to be hurt for 1.35 million in damages. Needless to say he didn't score on that one
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Cash for Crash
39 members of a gang set up a huge car crash that totaled over 5.3 million if they had succeeded.
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Doctor accused of involvement in £4 million insurance fraud case
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Man shot himself as part of a string of scams
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Canoe Man Disappears
Man paddled out to sea and faked drowning to get rid of debts. Instead of drowning he was convicted to 6 years in jail.
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Boyfriend shattered girlfriend’s leg for £100k compensation
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13.
Best pals stage car crash insurance scam
After faking a car crash, complete with witnesses it was emails that gave these two away.
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14.
Law graduates accuse Brazil of mugging
Two law grad's lied about being robbed in Brazil. Instead of a profit, they ended up with community service and a fine to pay.
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Playing with fire burns homeowners and hired torch
It's always a bad sign when your arsonist sets himself on fire and endangers an entire neighborhood.
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16.
Roof caves in on DJs stormy insurance con
A flooded basement led to a claim of much more damage then there was. Sadly, her partners in crime ruined her plan when they were wiretapped for other crimes.
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Hoax Hassids stage daffy diamond heist
A fake jewelry heist that would have banked the store owners 9 million dollars was ruined by their own security camera's.
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Crooked cop shoots self in foot with shot to chest
A self induced shot and fake workmans comp claim got this cop in hot water.
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19.
Cow parts and mannequin hide dopey death
Not only was someones deaths faked, but their life as well. The fraudsters even hired people to appear as mourners at the grave site.
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20.
Daughter, hubby get dishonest demises
A woman produced death certificates and gave the insurance company enough vivid detail to convince her employers life insurer to hand over $25,000 in life-insurance money. But neither family member actually died, she faked all the documentss to heist the insurance loot.
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