Crime & Safety
CT Man Staged Car Crashes for Insurance Money: Cops
He faces a possible two-decade prison term when sentenced in the fall.
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Written by RJ Scofield (Patch Staff)
NEW HAVEN, CT- A Norwich man pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal charge of conspiring to stage about 50 car crashes, Fox 61 reported.
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Authorities said Carlins Claixte, 32, conspired with others to stage crashes and fraudulently collect insurance money between 2011 and 2014, according to Fox 61. Many of them were single car-crashes on remote roads with no real witnesses.
The suspects then filed fraudulent property damage and injury claims with different car insurance companies and collected $10,000 to $30,000 per incident, as reported Fox 61. Calixte faces up to 20 years in prison when sentenced on Sept. 30.
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