The couple was sentenced to 48 months in prison and are now liable, along with their co-conspirators, for restitutions in excess of $5 million. The sum includes the total settlement paid by the insurance company and trucking firm as well as attorneys' fees incurred during a civil suit regarding the staged accidents. (Credit: Vitpho/Shutterstock.com) The couple was sentenced to 48 months in prison and are now liable, along with their co-conspirators, for restitutions in excess of $5 million. The sum includes the total settlement paid by the insurance company and trucking firm as well as attorneys' fees incurred during a civil suit regarding the staged accidents. (Credit: Vitpho/Shutterstock.com)

It may have taken a few years, but a New Orleans couple has been found guilty of attempting to defraud a trucking company and its insurer by staging a crash with a tractor-trailer, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana. The fraudulent claims associated with the staged accident totaled $4.7 million.

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