Kathmandu. Police have arrested a group of people who embezzled 50 million Korean won (local currency) in insurance claim payments by knowingly presenting traffic accidents or filing false accident reports.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The Traffic Investigation Unit of South Korea’s Gyeonggi Bukbu prefectural police agency said on Monday that it had indicted 11 delivery drivers on charges of violating a special law to prevent insurance fraud. They are accused of causing fake accidents by deliberately ramming their motorcycles into vehicles 14 times between November last year and June this year. It has been revealed that they have embezzled a total of 50 million Korean won from the insurance company by submitting the documents of these fake accidents.
Investigations revealed that the suspects, who were co-workers at the delivery agency, had paired up the two to be involved in the insurance fraud. One was driving, and the other was riding a motorcycle.
Ringleader A, 30, and others hid their mobile phones as damaged items. They submitted a repair estimate to the insurance company. As a result, claims ranging from 400,000 to 10 million won per accident were submitted, and a total of 70 million Korean won was embezzled. The phones, which were counterfeit devices without SIM cards, were reused by their associates and presented as evidence of damage.
Further, it was also found that they fraudulently claimed medical expenses and payment charges through personal injury reports and distributed the amount received.
The insurance company had informed the police after more than 10 such motorcycle accidents in a short period. Officers traced human relationships, including previous work at the same delivery agency.
However, the suspects denied the allegations. The police analysed the black box footage with the help of the Korea Road Traffic Authority to confirm the intentional nature of the accidents. They also compared International Mobile Equipment Identification (IMEI) numbers through telecommunications companies. This proved that the devices used to claim insurance payments were different from the actual phones being used. “We plan to continue to investigate similar crimes,” a police officer said.
