Staged accidents in car insurance scam

R v Gul and others • Davies Lavery – The Brief • September 2008

A ‘crash for cash’ gang of 13 were sentenced to total of 10 years’ imprisonment following claims for compensation of more than £250,000. A criminal syndicate that organised a “crash for cash” car insurance scam by staging road traffic collisions then submitting false insurance claims has been convicted at St Albans Crown Court of charges of conspiracy to defraud insurance companies.