Analysis

The rising prominence of moped crash for cash fraud

By 2024-10-11T12:31:00

moped crash for cash

‘This is the physical manifestation of that type of modern fraud that anybody can become a victim of,’ says detective inspector

Staged accidents, colloquially known as cash for crash fraud – wherein criminals will deliberately cause a road traffic collision to fraudulently claim compensation from the insurance industry – is nothing new.

On its fraud advice page, the ABI notes that this fraud can take three forms – when fraudsters crash their own vehicles into each other, when fraudsters submit completely fabricated claims and when fraudsters target innocent motorists by making them the at-fault driver.

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