Fraud Files: Crashing U-Haul Trucks for Cash

In this edition of Fraud Files we take a look at five alleged suspects staging a series of accidents, in which rented U-Haul trucks were deliberately crashed into cars loaded with people who were in on the con. The participants in the cars were then directed to be treated for fictitious injuries at a medical clinic.

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