Authorities are finding that states with the best success in fighting auto accident fraud rings are taking extremely forceful action, frequently using various branches in a combined effort backed by tough fraud laws and aggressive prosecutors.
Sadly, it sometimes takes a tragedy to stir such action.
In Lawrence, Mass., a pleasant grandmother recruited friends from a local senior center to be passengers in staged car crashes around that community. The crash gangs would bang their cars into each other at low speeds, and the passengers would pretend they were hurt. Sleazy chiropractors and other medical providers then would milk auto insurers with fake injury claims.
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