A woman busted for breaking her own finger led to the uncovering of a syndicate perpetrating insurance fraud round Thailand. The leader of the group and 16 members have now been arrested after at least 16 cases of buying insurance coverage and then cashing in 1 to 2 months later.
The group provided a service where they’d discover someone to participate utilizing their title in the fraud, and then create a complete backstory including bank account, ATM playing cards, and house registration. Then they might use this knowledge to purchase insurance for the person earlier than a sudden and sudden planned accident or harm took place.
They would then claim the insurance and share part of the payout with the intentionally injured victim. Sometimes one person would injure themselves multiple occasions in numerous ways so as to collect insurance coverage payments greater than once.
The crime suppression division arrested a 39 year outdated woman from Songkhla that broke the case extensive open and revealed the group had been working with a quantity of folks to commit the insurance coverage fraud. She had previously faked an accident where she claimed she fell off a motorcycle onto the street by rubbing sandpaper on her skin to create the appearance of road rash. This time she used a pestle to smash and break her own finger.
The Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for the woman on December 24. Confessions had gone to the hospital after which filed an insurance coverage declare the place she was expected to receive 60,000 baht from the insurance coverage fraud group for each damage she acquired.
An investigation has turned up quite a few different faux injuries used to commit insurance coverage fraud with a total of at least 14 million baht in damages. Further arrest warrants netted one other 16 individuals who have been caught on December 27 whereas the lady with the broken finger evaded police.
Intentional victims would pour sizzling water on themselves to create burns or fake car accidents along with quite a few different methods to maintain an harm and file a fraudulent claim..