Just when you thought you’d seen most of the crooked angles of criminal claims, one pops up that serves as a brutal reminder that some people will do just about anything for money.
Chicago police launched an investigation last November after a variety of homeless shelter administrators reported that an unusual number of residents had been showing up with broken arms or legs.
As a result of their efforts they documented six cases in which homeless shelters were targeted by an insurance fraud ring in search of desperate drifters willing to take part in a twisted insurance game.
Once the homeless recruit signed on, a future meeting at a garage was arranged. While at the garage the individual's arm or leg would be placed on a stone block and smashed by an ax handle wielded by one of the members of the fraud ring.
The person would then be transferred to a staged accident scene and the perpetrators would call 911. Members of the ring would pose as relatives of the injured and tell the insurance companies that they were desperate for money and willing to settle in a hurry.
Six people were arrested June 6 as a result of the investigation.
The Associated Press broke it down like this: the claims ranging from $10,000 to $100,000 would be settled and the victims would receive anything from nothing to $1,500.
Adjuster / Examiner Claims Examiner Santa Ana Unified School District Santa Ana, CA
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