Originally Published in September, 2020.
Four days after being indicted and months after several sources claim that he was cooperating with the FBI and the U.S. Attorney's office, a key player in a huge investigation into an illegal network of staged accidents and insurance fraud, was murdered.
Several times, once only days prior to his murder, the victim allegedly told his attorney that he was afraid for his safety.
The federal probe, that the victim was allegedly cooperating with, led to charges against 28 defendants in several indictments and seven guilty pleas at the time of this writing. Multiple sources close to the matter have confirmed the victim's months-long cooperation.
The victim, Cornelius Garrison, was the ringleader of the fraud ring and allegedly dealt directly with attorneys to orchestrate staged accidents with 18-wheeler trucks in order to file fraudulent lawsuits for huge payouts. Although federal authorities say there were hundreds of staged accidents, the indictment mentioned above focused on two truck accidents in 2017, where Garrison, acting as the driver or "slammer," allegedly lined up passengers to fill a vehicle, and then got behind the wheel and intentionally sideswiped 18-wheelers.
In one of the cases, Garrison claims to have been seriously injured. For that accident, he and his attorney initially made a demand for $2 million for the injuries, but eventually settled for $650,000.
In an extremely rare turn of events, the FBI and the New Orleans Police Department have joined forces in the investigation of Garrison's murder.