A group of fraudsters claimed to work in a garage they used as a front to run a 'crash for cash' scheme, pretending to carry out repairs that insurers never checked.
Ringleaders Raju Patel, 36, and Kamlesh Vadukul, 45, submitted claims on insurance and to a vehicle repair finance service for cars that were either crashed on purpose or didn't happen at all.
They pocketed over 320,000 in the false insurance claims.
The remaining eight members of the criminal group either caused the collisions or knowingly provided their details to legitimise the claims.
The 'crash for cash' scheme - ran between December 2015 and October 2016 - was uncovered following an investigation by the City of London Police's Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department (IFED).
All ten members of the group have now admitted to their roles in the scheme and will be sentenced in the spring.
Patel and Vadukul took out car insurance policies using stolen identities or the personal details of the other members of the group.
They then submitted claims for vehicle damage resulting from collisions that were either been deliberate or had never taken place.
The ringleaders would then send the repair finance service photos of the vehicles they claimed were involved in the collisions as proof they were being repaired.
A car that was damaged for a false insurance claim by the gang of fraudsters
The group of fraudsters claimed to work in a body repair shop and submitted photos of damage
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