Fresh Meadows Times - Oct. 6
Queens District Attorney Richard Brown's office is doing everything it can to help reduce the astronomical rates borough residents pay for car insurance. In October 2008, 61 individuals and two corporations were charged for their role in bilking insurance carriers for alleged unnecessary medical services for exaggerated or fabricated injuries. In addition to the criminal charges, the District Attorney's Office filed a civil forfeiture action against several of the defendants - which resulted in the restitution payouts. Brown said, "The consumer, in the last analysis, pays the bill because the cost of the fraud is ultimately passed on to all of us by way of increased insurance premiums - adding an extra 10 percent to New York drivers' premiums annually."
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