Comments on: L.A.: “Lawyer held in car crash fraud ring”

By: Overlawyered

Overlawyered — Sun, 09 Apr 2006 22:26:36 +0000

“Caution: that vehicle collision may not be an accident”

The L.A. Times tackles a subject often treated in this space (Nov. 29, etc.): organized auto-crash fraud, which is largely premised on the chance of bringing bogus liability claims. According to the National Insurance Crime…

By: Walter E. Wallis

Walter E. Wallis — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 13:29:24 +0000

Years ago, they tried this on someone I know, up in Frisco. When he told her he was not insured, she settled for $50.

By: Piotr

Piotr — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 11:55:45 +0000

The sad thing is that this Laufer guy is still licensed to practice and has no public record of discipline. Being a California attorney myself, I like to track State Bar proceedings. It is truly sad how many dishonest and fraudulent lawyers we have in this state and how little the State Bar does to truly enforce professional responsibility and ethices standards.

By: Xmas

Xmas — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 09:26:03 +0000

I believe this scam is known as “Swoop and Squat”.

I’m also pretty sure that a driver of a squat cars got charged with murder when a truck rolled over the car and one or more passengers died.