We’ve all heard of No Win No Fee compensation claims, and how they have made claiming much more accessible to those who have suffered an injury through no fault of their own. However not everyone who claims is a genuine victim, and in the last few years there are more and more con artists getting caught setting up compensation claim scams.

One of the worst cases occurred in Manchester and Liverpool, and involved Mohammed Patel staging road traffic accidents and then claiming compensation over a three year period, accumulating 1,600,000 in compensation.

Patel would target roundabouts in his vehicle and then brake suddenly, meaning that there was a good chance that whoever was behind him would not be able to stop in time and would hit the back of Mr Patel’s vehicle. After the impact he, and the passengers he took, would then struggle out of the car complaining of dizziness and clutching at their necks.

One driver they pulled the scam on described how the men in Patel’s car comically held their necks whilst getting out and said that he was surprised at how calm the men seemed considering they’d just been involved in a crash, as though they were used to it.

The scam was eventually revealed when a group of office workers in Manchester repeatedly saw Patel having accidents on a roundabout outside their office, which prompted the subsequent investigation and lead to a conviction.

At the end of the investigation it transpired that 24 other men were involved in the ‘accidents’ and compensation claims, but Patel was involved in all of them and was sentenced to prison time.

Scammers like this are not just hurting the insurers, they are also affecting everybody’s insurance premiums, and also endangering the lives of motorists, cyclists and pedestrians in the area.

If you have a genuine neck injury claim then seek the advice of an expert no-win no-fee soliciotr to help you with your claim.