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12-26-03, 08:43 PM
Just read this in the news.
TORONTO (CP) - The cyclist thought he had his insurance-claim tracks covered: he had his girlfriend run him over with her car, and then stuck a toothpick up his nose to aggravate his bleeding.
The devious bike-rider copped $22,000 in compensation. But the scam - among the Insurance Bureau of Canada's top 10 frauds of 2003 - backfired. The cyclist was later taken to court when insurance investigators discovered the man had deliberately injured himself to get his blood - and the insurance money - flowing.
TORONTO (CP) - The cyclist thought he had his insurance-claim tracks covered: he had his girlfriend run him over with her car, and then stuck a toothpick up his nose to aggravate his bleeding.
The devious bike-rider copped $22,000 in compensation. But the scam - among the Insurance Bureau of Canada's top 10 frauds of 2003 - backfired. The cyclist was later taken to court when insurance investigators discovered the man had deliberately injured himself to get his blood - and the insurance money - flowing.