A man will appear in court today charged after allegedly staging car accidents to fraudulently claim more than $390,000 in insurance pay outs.
In January 2024, officers attached to Campsie Police Area Command commenced following reports of a number of suspicious insurance claims.
Between 2019 and 2022, a total of 16 collisions, involving 45 vehicles, were identified and suspected of being staged in the Canterbury-Bankstown area.
In each instance, fraudulent identities were allegedly used to obtain third party insurance on a vehicle, which would then allegedly collide with two parked vehicles, resulting in a claim being made.
In total, $390,480 was paid out by the insurance company.
Following extensive inquiries by Campsie detectives, on Thursday (3 July 2025) police arrested a 66-year-old man at Sydney Airport.
He was taken to Mascot Police Station, where an outstanding warrant was executed, and he was charged with two counts of dishonestly obtain financial advantage by deception.
The Lakemba man was granted conditional bail to appear before Bankstown Local Court on Monday 11 August 2025.
Inquiries are ongoing.
