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 funds from Sunshine State insurers and policyholders in the process.
During the course of a two-year investigation, authorities tracked a Miami-based 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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