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Owners of Seven California Collision Repair Shops Arrested in Auto Insurance Fraud Sting

February 8, 2017 By CollisionWeek Editor

Department of Insurance alleges 40 suspects involved in $560,000 fraud ring.

California Department of Insurance detectives and investigators with the Auto Insurance Fraud Task Force yesterday arrested seven suspects, charged an additional 22 who are self-surrendering, and are still seeking 11 more suspects for allegedly running an organized automotive insurance fraud ring that netted conspirators $560,492.

More than 230 felony charges were filed against 40 suspects in connection with crimes committed in seven collision repair facilities across California’s Coachella Valley. The family-run organized crime ring staged up to 40 false insurance claims receiving payouts totaling more than $560,000 from 10

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