Tag: insurance fraud
Man reports fake break-in but forgets police on Spain’s Costa del Sol had visited him that night
A FUENGIROLA man who claimed thieves broke into his home and stole a €450 watch later admitted to police it was a home insurance...
Fake insurance claims soared in Spain during first year of COVID-19 pandemic
BOGUS insurance claims rose by 21% in 2020 compared to 2019, according to Linea Directa's 'Insurance Fraud Barometer' published on Monday.
The insurer says there...
Mobile phone dealer in €500,000 insurance fraud on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A mobile phone dealer made dozens of bogus claims to con an insurance company out of €500,000-worth of new 'high-end' phones.
The fraudster has been...
Insurance company suffers €1.2 million loss in major bogus traffic accident scam in Spain
AN insurance company has lost over €1.2 million in a scam involving bogus claims for road accidents.
32 people have been arrested in the Madrid...
COSTA BLANCA CON as woman fleeces insurance company over bogus home robberies in Spain
A Costa Blanca woman conned an insurance company out of €3,000 on a bogus home burglary claim but her luck ran out when she...
Block of flats evacuated in Spain’s Costa Blanca as man torches car in botched insurance scam
MORE THAN €18,000 worth of damage was caused by a Romanian man who torched his own car for the insurance.
Not only was HIS car...