Ten Philadelphia residents who thought they could hit the jackpot by being part of a staged accident with a casino charter bus were arrested yesterday on insurance fraud, conspiracy and theft-by-deception charges, authorities said.

Besides the group taken into custody yesterday, two others who were charged in the ongoing case are to be arrested as well, said Shonna M. Clark, a spokesperson for the Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General.

According to an affidavit filed in the case, the scheme was unearthed by an investigator for Lancer Insurance of Long Beach, N.Y., which provided coverage for a Wertz Motor Coach company bus that was hired by the scheme's perpetrators.

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