Five jailed, fined over crash insurance fraud

umm al quwain — The Umm Al Quwain Misdemeanour Court has sentenced five Arab men to three years in prison on charges of counterfeiting official electronic reports of road accidents.

The court has ordered the fraudsters to pay a fine of Dh150,000-Dh750,000each.

As per the sheet of indictment, the gang managed to dupe the insurance companies by providing them with fake eaccident reports of their vehicles issued by Saaed traffic company to siphon off compensation.

Late in September last year, the Umm Al Quwain Police arrested Arab drivers for reporting 20 fake road accidents all over the country to collect undeserved compensation from insurance companies.

Major-General Sheikh Rashid bin Ahmad Al Mualla, Commander-in-Chief of the Umm Al Quwain Police, said the traffic and patrols department was alerted about some repetitive road accidents involving the same vehicles and drivers over a short time.

“Investigations showed that the accidents were reported in several emirates, including Umm Al Quwain.”

The UAQ Police, teaming up with law enforcement bodies in other emirates, tracked down the fraudsters involved in traffic system abuse, and nabbed them, he added.

“The suspects admitted to intentionally committing the road accidents. They didn’t repair their partially damaged vehicles each time to collect undeserved damages from insurance companies.” ahmedshaaban@khaleejtimes.com