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SEVEN areas of Bradford ranked among the worst 30 areas of the UK for ‘crash for cash’ incidents, with two areas ranked in the top five. The BD7 area was fourth and BD3 the fifth worst-affected postcodes for ‘crash for cash’ scams, in which fraudsters invent or deliberately cause road traffic collisions, often involving innocent people, to try and get a compensation payout. Also making the top 30 list for the UK were BD15 (13th position), BD2 (22nd), BD5 (23rd) and BD9 (30th), as well as Heckmondwike (WF16 - 19th). The figures, compiled by the Insurance Fraud Bureau, found 170,000 claims which could be linked to suspected ‘crash for cash’ networks between October 2019 and December 2020.
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