"Jelani Wray and the other leaders of this scheme brazenly exploited New York's no-fault automobile insurance laws by lining their pockets with millions of dollars in illegal profits," U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said in a release. (Credit: designer491/Shutterstock.com)
A senior leader of a massive no-fault auto insurance scheme, which spanned two states and involved bribing emergency personnel and medical professionals for accident victim information, was sentenced to seven years in prison, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY).
From at least 2013 until 2019, Jelani Wray bribed and "arranged for others to bribe," 911 operators, hospital workers and police officers for confidential information on tens of thousands of accident victims. The scheme participants would then contact the victims, lie to them and then steer them to clinics and lawyers, who paid Wray and his associates kickbacks for the referrals, according to SDNY.
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