“Dangerous” fraudsters sentenced to 18 years after huge crash-for-cash scam

Prison

The criminal “mastermind” behind the multi-million pound cash-for-crash schemes is on the run and police are appealing for help to find him.

Two fraudsters were sentenced yesterday (9 October) to 18 years for a fraudulent scheme which saw them force motorists into 500 deliberate collisions around Slough.

The Insurance Fraud Bureau stated that the “dangerous insurance fraudsters” had been sentenced but one, Boota Ram, of Faraday Road, Slough, failed to attend court and has absconded. Police have issued a warrant for his arrest.

Following a four week trial at Reading Crown Court, Ram was sentenced to nine years’ imprisonment for

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