NU Online News Service, June 28, 2:05 p.m. EDT
The good news is a fraud task force set up by the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) in South Florida in 2002 seems to have had an effect on automobile insurance fraud.
The bad news is criminals appear to have moved north within the state.
A 290 percent increase in questionable claims related to staged auto accidents was recorded in the Tampa, Fla., area from 2008 to 2009, according to a new report from the NICB.
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