86 charged in Welsh ‘cash for crash’ scam

Eighty-six people have been charged in relation to a ‘cash for crash’ scam which is alleged to have operated out of a garage based in south Wales.

The individuals have been charged with a number of different crimes including conspiracy to defraud, conspiracy to steal motor vehicles and conspiracy to money launder, as part Gwent Police’s Operation Dino.

The scam is alleged to have operated out of a garage known as St David’s Crash Repair and Easifix in Pengam, Blackwood.

The 86 are due to appear at Cwmbran Magistrates Court on 10 October.

Detective sergeant Andy Cullen said: “A team of officers and detectives have been investigating this sophisticated ‘cash for crash scheme’ alongside the Insurance Fraud Bureau for more than two years, and this has led to the arrest and charge of these 86 individuals.”