Over 80 people have been convicted in a 'crash for cash' insurance fraud of £763,068. It is alleged that the Yandell family garage business in Wales, was at the heart of this scam.
Reportedly, the garage's own CCTV cameras has captured a Land Rover being driven deliberately into a forklift truck.
These bogus crash claims took place over four years involved 57 cars, with 81 convicted in a number of court cases.
Byron Yandell (32), his wife Rachel Yandell (31), his father Peter Yandell (53), as well as Gavin Yandell (31), and Michelle Yandell (52), have been jailed between two and six years.
Prosecutor Christopher Clee QC said, “If all the crash claims were true, the Yandells would have been the unluckiest family in the land... A clear pattern emerged where the same people, family members and friends, were involved in collisions. When their car repair premises were searched by police they found a well established and well co-ordinated thoroughly dishonest scheme. CCTV cameras at the premises showed vehicles had been deliberately damaged. This was a case of insurance fraud on a significant scale. It was a 'cash for crash' scheme at the heart of which were members of the Yandell family.”
