Volkswagen camper van caper uncovered
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Call it the old VW switcheroo.
An insurance company in England uncovered a not-clever-enough scam attempted by a man who filed a claim on a classic Volkswagen camper van.
SWNS reports that Levi Loveridge reported that his vintage VW had been stolen and was worth £22,500, submitting photos of the well-kept blue and white vehicle in a picturesque setting to support the assessment.
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The only problem was that it didn’t belong to him.
While Loveridge did own a similar vehicle, the one in the images was a rental that he’d swapped his plates onto. And with good reason. His van was just a white shell without doors or windows for which he’d paid just £800.
(SWNS)
Investigators from Liverpool Victoria Insurance confirmed with the beater’s previous owner that Loveridge had to pick it up with a flatbed truck because it didn’t run. They were then able to find a match for the nice camper at a rental agency that had even equipped it with a tracking device which recorded the location where the photos were taken.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}City of London Police Detective Constable Daryl Fryatt said that "Loveridge’s false theft claim was planned from the start, but [Liverpool Victoria Insurance] helped to expose his trail of deceit, making the Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department’s part of the investigation much more straightforward, leading to his eventual punishment.”
That punishment was a suspended 10-month prison sentence, 250 hours of community service and £700 in court costs.
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