Four more guilty pleas in insurance scam at the center of Highway Robbery investigation
The case has been a top priority for the local FBI and U.S. Attorney’s office since the scam surfaced more than a year ago.
Credit: WWLTV Published: 8:04 PM CST December 17, 2020 Updated: 8:04 PM CST December 17, 2020
NEW ORLEANS Four more defendants pleaded guilty Thursday in the massive staged accident fraud case involving insurance fraud from staged accidents with 18-wheelers, the U.S. Attorney’s office announced.
The sprawling investigation has now netted 15 guilty pleas out of 33 defendants. The four defendants who pleaded guilty Thursday confessed to packing into a car Oct. 13, 2015 driven by previously convicted co-defendant Roderick Hickman.