Ten individuals have been charged in New York with participating in and coordinating a series of staged motor vehicle accidents, as well as falsifying their involvement in other vehicular incidents, to fraudulently collect insurance payouts. The defendants were charged in multiple indictments in N.Y. State Supreme Court with insurance fraud in the third and fourth degrees and falsifying business records in the first degree.
According to the indictment and statements made on the record in court, the defendants were charged with orchestrating and participating in a series of staged accidents and vehicular collisions involving “jump-ins,” in which the defendants claimed to be inside affected vehicles in order to fraudulently obtain medical benefits and insurance payouts.
In New York State, a person injured in a motor vehicle accident is automatically covered by the Comprehensive Motor Vehicle Insurance Reparations Act, commonly known as the No-Fault Law. No-Fault insurance carriers are required to provide up to $50,000 in individual reimbursements for a wide range of medical and health services for injuries incurred as a result of car accidents. In addition to medical coverage, victims of motor vehicle accidents also may be eligible to recover money from an insurance carrier for bodily injury lawsuits stemming from incurred injuries.
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