Fraud of the Week

October 19, 2015

Multiple Claims for the Same Damage—Pennsylvania

AMOUNT: unknown

 

A Pennsylvania man was sentenced to probation for submitting multiple claims to different insurers for the same damage to the same vehicle. A motorcycle was damaged in 2011, and the carrier paid $1,287 for the damages. The insured did not have the shop repair the bike; the insured completed some repairs on his own, but in 2013 obtained a different policy and submitted the same damage again. Then on yet a different policy, the insured submitted a claim for the same damage in 2014 to a different carrier. The adjuster discovered the fraud by noticing the VIN and the damages were the same as reported in the 2011 claim.