Raja Abbas claimed for ficticious crash
An Audi driver who made a four figure insurance claim for a fictitious crash with a policyholder he had made up has been sentenced to 120 hours of unpaid work.
Raja Abbas told Covéa Insurance that he had hit a Vauxhall Corsa owned by a motorist called James Carr. In reality, Abbas had taken out the insurance policy on the unregistered Corsa under the alias of Carr to make the £2,300 claim.
An investigation by Covéa found no evidence of the existence of Carr or his Corsa. Covéa also discovered that Abbas had used the same bank card to pay for his alias’ car insurance.
Covéa referred the matter to the Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB), which passed it to the City of London Police Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department (IFED).
IFED detectives arrested Abbas at his home in May 2012.
The 34-year-old from Dudley pleaded guilty to fraud by false representation at City of London Magistrates’ Court. He was handed a 12-month community order and was ordered to undertake 120 hours of unpaid work and pay £650 court costs.
“Insurance fraud is a crime and the industry has checks in place to root out cheats like Abbas. Fraud costs us all as honest policyholders and the IFB continues to work with the police to bring fraudsters who pick our pockets to justice,” said IFB director Ben Fletcher.
Covéa Insurance head of financial crime Steve Jackson said: “We are committed to combating insurance fraud and this conviction demonstrates that we make no distinction about the value of the crime.”
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