Fifteen suspects accused of using food trucks to rig more than a dozen accidents are now sampling the cuisine at a Florida detention center.
The case is part of a continuing crackdown by Florida CFO Jeff Atwater's Division of Insurance Fraud and the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) to quell rampant auto insurance fraud schemes that have plagued the state for years—and siphoned precious funds from Fla. insurers and policyholders in the process.
During the course of a two-year investigation, authorities tracked a Miami, Fla. fraud ring whose routes put a new spin on the term “the lunch rush.” According to Atwater's office, the defendants allegedly used the trucks to orchestrate accidents for which they filed more than $800,000 in fraudulent property damage and personal injury protection (PIP) claims.
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