The truck driver and the driver of the Firebird survived a collision on a Los Angeles freeway in 1992. One of the Firebird’s passengers was killed. Authorities determined that the incident involving the teacher and her students setting her car on fire was a case of insurance fraud. The teacher had approached failing students and offered them passing grades in exchange for torching her car. The students eventually carried out the act on the last day of school. – In 2012, law enforcement in New York City uncovered the largest-ever fraud involving the state’s no-fault law.
– The fraud involved ambulance chasers convincing car accident victims to seek unnecessary care at corrupt clinics in exchange for kickbacks.
– The clinics prescribed excessive treatments to every patient, regardless of their condition, and referred them to lawyers for baseless personal injury lawsuits.
– The false claims added up to $279 million, with private insurers losing $113 million.
– The defendants, with ties to Russian organized crime organizations, faced prison sentences ranging from 30 to 70 years.
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