The ringleader of a Burton-based insurance fraud gang has been sentenced following a cash-for-crash scam.
Mohammed Shabir, 37, of Uxbridge Street, Burton, got two years in prison for conspiracy to defraud and conspiracy to produce cannabis, according to the Burton Mail.
Judge Michael Challinor at Wolverhampton Crown Court said the offence 'struck at the heart of society because it not only affected insurance companies, it resulted in increased premiums for motorists’.
Shabir and 12 others would buy damaged cars, stage crashes and then make false claims to insurers.
In one fake claim, a stolen car deliberately pulled out in front of a car transporter which could not brake in time to avoid a crash.
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