NU Online News Service, May 13, 12:37 p.m. EST

New York City has the distinction of being the nation's number one municipality for staged auto accident claims, the New York Alliance Against Insurance Fraud announced.

NYAAIF said a new analysis of questionable claims from the National Insurance Crime Bureau reported that 1,304 claims involving staged auto accidents were generated in New York City from 2007 to 2009. Tampa ranks "a distant second" with 562 claims, said NYAAIF.

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