Steal, Sell, and File an Insurance Claim on Your Own Car

The New York state based Times-Heral Record reports that 11 people were charged in stolen-car ring. Seems they conspired to have their own cars stolen. The cars were then sold and an insurance claim was filed - what better way to get the most value for your car! Not!

Newburgh – A 24-year-old suburban man was the brains behind a stolen-car ring that grabbed 19 vehicles in recent months and filed $166,000 in false insurance claims, the state attorney general’s office says.

Rudolph Turner of Newburgh was one of 11 people charged yesterday in the ring. Turner and others are accused of stealing eight cars the old-fashioned way: snatching them from their owners’ driveways and then reselling them.

The owners of 11 other cars who reported them stolen are accused of filing false insurance claims and splitting payment with Turner, according to court documents. Those owners were among the defendants charged with insurance fraud and grand larceny in indictments unsealed yesterday.