Investigators across the country are trying new tactics to crack down on the old problem of auto insurance fraud.
The tools to combat the crime from health insurance fraud mills in New York to “swoop and squat” schemes in California include wiretaps, undercover agents and prosecutors who view auto fraud as organized crime.
In 2001, New York Gov. George Pataki appointed state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer as special counsel to investigate the fraud that has helped drive up New Yorkers’ auto insurance premiums to second highest in the nation, second only to New Jersey.
