'Crash for cash' fraud ring smashed in Liverpool
A ‘crash for cash' fraud ring which operated in South Liverpool has been smashed, saving an estimated £1m in fraudulent pay-outs.
Liverpool County Court ruled that four out of five claims which had reached trial were attempted fraud.
Having heard the evidence His Honour Judge Wood QC described the level of coincidence between the claims and relationships as "stretching credulity".
Suspicions were raised after three women were found to have been involved in 27 collisions over a two-and-a-half-year period in the area.
These women also regularly had accidents in self-drive hire vehicles while 155 people were also involved in
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