Deliberate Motorcycle Crash into Wrong-Way Vehicle... Extorting 70 Million Won

Deliberate Insurance Fraud with 17 Accidents Over Six Months
Targeting Vehicles Driving the Wrong Way on Residential One-Way Streets

A motorcycle rider, Mr. A (30), was arrested in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, on charges of deliberately causing accidents by targeting vehicles driving the wrong way and then claiming insurance money.

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According to the Gangnam Police Station on the 19th, Mr. A is accused of deliberately causing 17 traffic accidents over six months in the Nonhyeon-dong area of Gangnam-gu, Seoul, and then using forged medical certificates to claim about 70 million won in insurance money (violations of the Special Act on the Prevention of Insurance Fraud, fraud, and forgery/use of private documents).

Mr. A targeted vehicles driving the wrong way on one-way roads in residential backstreets.

It was confirmed that when he spotted vehicles driving the wrong way through windows on one-way roads, he would hide nearby and induce accidents by suddenly accelerating the motorcycle he was riding.

After causing the accidents, he received money through private settlements with the other drivers, and instead of private settlements, he filed accident reports with insurance companies and claimed insurance money using forged medical certificates.

Separate from the insurance claims, Mr. A was also investigated for demanding criminal settlement money from the other drivers.

The scene of Mr. A falling to the right before colliding with a wrong-way vehicle on May 2nd. [Photo provided by Seoul Gangnam Police Station]

The police, who began investigating at the request of the insurance company, confirmed through closed-circuit television (CCTV) and other evidence that Mr. A habitually committed these crimes and arrested him on the 17th.

The police plan to investigate additional charges and send him to the prosecution as early as this week.

A police official emphasized, "If you are involved in a traffic accident suspected of insurance fraud, please report to the nearest police station as soon as possible with the black box memory chip that recorded the accident."

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