41 Charged In Insurance Scam Involving Dead Deer

[Wrenry]

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Forty-one people in Philadelphia are facing charges in what prosecutors call an elaborate insurance fraud scheme that used dead deer to fake car accidents.

Ronald Galati Sr. is accused of running a $5 million scam out of his auto body shop.

District Attorney Seth Williams said Wednesday that Galati coached customers to claim they'd struck a deer rather than a car. That way, insurance companies would consider them "no fault" accidents and pay the claims without raising the customers' premiums.

Investigators say Galati stored deer carcasses, blood and fur in the back of his shop to use as props.

Also charged are Galati's wife, son and daughter, several insurance adjusters, tow truck drivers, a city official and a police officer.

Defense attorney Anthony Voci said he couldn't comment specifically on the charges because he hadn't seen the grand jury presentment but that his client is innocent until proven guilty.

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Somewhere some scammer will be reading this article and know what scam to pull next. Thanks media! whee

[Honey of the South]

That's probably going to be the strangest thing I read all day.

[Pessimist]

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District Attorney Seth Williams said Wednesday that Galati coached customers to claim they'd struck a deer rather than a car.

If his customers were in an accident with another car... what about the other owner of the other car?

[Malee]

Pessimist

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District Attorney Seth Williams said Wednesday that Galati coached customers to claim they'd struck a deer rather than a car.

If his customers were in an accident with another car... what about the other owner of the other car?

The only thing I can think of was they didn't exchange any information.

[Pho Far East]

Wow... ew. Dead deers though...

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Malee

Pessimist

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District Attorney Seth Williams said Wednesday that Galati coached customers to claim they'd struck a deer rather than a car.

If his customers were in an accident with another car... what about the other owner of the other car?

The only thing I can think of was they didn't exchange any information.

Or that they hit a parked car, or a tree, or a phone pole, or a fence, or their own car with a baseball bat to get the money.

[JamesWN]

...Wonder if deer have urban legends about so-and-so winding up dead after seeing two bright lights at night.

[xXFurygeistXx]

And he woulda gotten away with it if it hadn't been for those nosy kids!

Seriously, the more people involved with the scheme, the more likely it is that it will be outed. ********' idiots.