WDSU Investigates: 4 more plead guilty in staged wrecks scheme, almost 40 charged
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Updated: 5:49 PM CST Dec 17, 2020
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Updated: 5:49 PM CST Dec 17, 2020
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LATEST CDC GUIDELINES. NOW TO THE LATEST STORY FROM WDSU INVESTIGATE. MORE GUILTY PLEAS IN A SCHEME WE TOLD YOU ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO. WE ARE LIVE AT FEDERAL COURT WITH THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS. NEXT FOUR MORE PEOPLE HAVE PLEADED GUILTY TO THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN THIS STAGED WRECK SCENE, BASICALLY, STAGING WRECKS WITH 18 WHEELERS AND THEN BILLING THE INSURANCE COMPANIES, IN THIS CASE FOR SEVEN FIGURES. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. THESE ARE THE FOUR PEOPLE WHO ALL PLEADED GUILTY ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO. ACCORDING TO COURT RECORDS, ALL BENEFIT TO THE TUNE OF A COMBINED $4 MILLION FOR CLAIMING THAT AN 18 WILL YOUR -- WHEELER HIT THEM WHEN IN FACT THEY STAGED THE WRECK. THEY WORKED WITH A LOCAL LAWYER TO HELP DEFRAUD THE INSURANCE COMPANY. EVERYTHING HAPPENED IN 20 15 NEAR FRANCE ROAD. THE FBI SAYS JUST LIKE ALL OF THESE STAGED ACCIDENT CASES, THEY TAKE THIS VERY SERIOUSLY. >> WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO PURSUE MORE INDICTMENTS. TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, NOTHING ABOUT WHERE WE ARE SURPRISES US AT THIS MOMENT. >> SINCE OUR INITIAL REPORT AIRED TWO YEARS AGO, ALMOST 40 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH FEDERAL CRIMES I