A 37-year-old man was charged on Friday with conspiring to cheat insurance companies out of more than $465,000, by lodging false accident claims.
Rahmat Mohd reportedly conspired with several others, including Mohd Wadi Saptu and Sollihin Anhar, between May 2011 to July 2013, to cheat insurance companies such as Liberty, AXA and Tokio Marine to disburse amounts for fake accidents and personal injury, Channel NewsAsia reports.
Conspirators would file for claims from their insurance companies by lodging false claims and stating their vehicles were involved in accidents. In certain cases, multiple conspirators lodged claims to different insurance companies for their involvement in the same fake accident.
Sollihin was charged last year with 81 counts of providing the police with false information and engaging in a similar conspiracy. Wadi was listed as a conspirator in some of those charges. On Friday, Rahmat was charged with 33 counts of motor insurance fraud.
Bail has been extended, provided that the accused surrenders his passport to his investigation officer, and the case will be next heard on Aug 28.
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