Philadelphia Attorney Accused of Faking Accidents & Cashing In

Chrissie Cole

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A Philadelphia attorney is accused of making bogus accident claims that have netted over $2.5 million over the past 25 years.

Most of the fake cases involved slip and fall accidents outside various business establishments, along with several motor vehicle accidents that turned out to be staged.

An insurance investigator tipped off prosecutors after finding out that a slip and fall outside a North Philadelphia bank never happened as reported on Nov. 1, 2002. That led to charges against the attorney, who faces 31 counts of insurance fraud. Overall, authorities said they found evidence of about 300 cases going back as far as 1981.

He recruited as many as 100 "runners" to look for holes to fall in and cracks to trip over, and then document the claims for the purported victims, who got $300 to $1,000 per case.

In addition to 31 fraud counts, he is also being charged with conspiracy, theft by deception, corrupt organizations, attempted theft by deception and various other counts.

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