'Cash for crash' scams targeted
City of London TS are going after moped crash fraudsters who endanger people's lives
Posted 13 June 2024 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Updates|Crime|London
UPDATES: City of London Trading Standards and police have targeted ‘cash for crash’ fraud by visiting garages to identify mopeds used in staged collisions, warning that the scams endanger road users while driving up costs for honest motorists.
So-called ‘cash for crash’ fraud has been in the sights of the City of London Corporation’s Trading Standards team and the City of London Police’s Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department (IFED) this week, with officers visiting garages in London to check for mopeds that have been used to commit crime.
'Cash for crash' scammers put the safety of innocent motorists and pedestrians at...
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