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Manhattan District Attorney Charges Collision Repair Facilities as Part of Illegal Monopoly That Dominated Towing Industry in New York City

February 26, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Towing and collision repair firms alleged part of organized crime operation that maintained “Violent Monopoly” in Manhattan, Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn, and Long Island. Alleges hundreds of thousands of dollars of insurance fraud.

Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., New York City Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill, and New York City Department of Investigation (DOI) Commissioner Mark G. Peters on February 21 announced the indictment of multiple individuals and companies for maintaining an unlawful monopoly on the towing industry in New York City through an elaborate series of schemes involving shell companies, insurance fraud, bid rigging, and other crimes.

Seventeen individuals

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