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The Consequences of Staged Accidents

By Neil Shous, Esq.

Staged accidents are just that -- ?accidents? that are staged. Often times orchestrated by sophisticated crime rings, these intentional collisions are planned to make it look like an insured driver is at fault when, in reality, the insured driver was ?set up? by the seemingly victimized party/parties. Staged accidents are extremely dangerous and subject the individual or group who organized the collision to a variety of penalties. The most common charge filed in connection with these accidents is Penal Code 548 PC, California?s auto insurance fraud law. If convicted of auto insurance fraud under California Penal Code 548 PC, the defendant faces a state prison sentence of up to five years plus an additional and consecutive three to six year sentence if anyone other than the defendant or an accomplice suffers a serious injury...continue to full post

Full post as published by California Criminal Defense Blog on April 07, 2010 (boomark / email).