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Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Insurance News - Friday, February 17, 2012

Police showed this BMW, that had its frame is welded together, which was part of a massive chop shop and insurance fraud racket operating out of Toronto and the Niagara Region on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012. (Danny Pinto / CTV News)

Police in southern Ontario have arrested six men and laid more than 500 charges in connection to a massive chop shop and insurance fraud racket operating out of Toronto and the Niagara Region.

Five Toronto men and one from the Niagara Region were charged in connection to the theft of 100 stolen vehicles, many of which ended up back on the road after passing fraudulent structural safety inspections.

Police allege the suspects would steal vehicles and register them with vehicle identification numbers taken from cars and trucks that had been written off and purchased as salvaged parts.

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