Driven to Crime

Cash-strapped car owners are turning to creative forms of insurance fraud to get rid of their cars.

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  • Posted By: MichaelX @ 06/19/2009 6:32:22 PM

    Not just cars! Many immigrants who get a small neoghborhood store, or franchise routinely torch the place.
    It is an inherant trait of foreign people to do rotten stuff. The worlds morals are not the same as Americas.
    An easy out is just a convienience untill the welfare kicks in.

  • Posted By: olderwiser @ 06/19/2009 12:49:54 PM

    This is the type of propaganda put out by the insurance industry to cloud its own fraud against the general public. It would be interesting to calculate the percentage of these fraud arson cases in relation to the total number of autos insured and see if it bears any relationship to the amount of premium paid per auto. I would bet maybe one cent or less per year on the average auto policy. On the other hand, it would be interesting to see how much is gained by insurance carriers per policy from denying legitimate claims for auto damage and personal injury to people. They are in control of the propaganda and it is in their interest to create an image of being victimized by the general public when in reality, they are the abusers to the tune of billions of dollars per year kept from legitimate claims made.

  • Posted By: vince_90745@yahoo.com @ 06/18/2009 11:54:52 PM

    One word 'idiots!'

  • Posted By: Robin Steele @ 06/18/2009 7:00:42 PM

    Any one who would torch his own truck should be in jail. If you are willing to do that to your own truck, then nobody is safe from you. He should get serious therapy too.

  • Posted By: eye 4 an eye @ 06/18/2009 6:06:33 PM

    With unemployment rising and job getting harder & harder to find, this is just the beginning. Other crimes will most likely rise as well,

  • Posted By: gambori @ 06/18/2009 5:27:59 PM

    it is silly to torch a car. just abandon it on a bad neighborhood and "forget" to take the keys. not even the devil will be able to prove you did it on purpose

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