Fraud of the Week
April 25, 2016
Auto Repair Fraud—Georgia
Amount: $40,000
A Georgia body shop owner is facing several charts of fraud, theft, and forgery for falsifying damages to vehicles in order to increase payments from the insurance carrier. The shop would damage cars on purpose in order to increase claim payments. He was arrested after a ten-month investigation, including a vehicle of a police cadet who had taken in the vehicle for minor damage. The photos taken by the adjuster showed extensive damage that was not there when the cadet dropped off the vehicle.