IF you Didn’t Believe in Curses…
The kiwi “Jewish Lightning” up 20 percent in two years
Dishonest kiwis are burning down their houses, cars and boats to claim the insurance money.
“Statistics New Zealand [people who cook the figures and are themselves the most dishonest government organization in this country] figures show that the number of arsons has increased by 20 percent over the past two years to 2768, while the number of cases solved has decreased by 12 percent.” Said a report.
“Ron McQuilter, of Paragon Investigations, one of the country’s largest private investigators, says much of that increase can be put down to fraudulent insurance claims.”
“McQuilter says his company alone has seen a surge in the number of fraudulent insurance claims because of fire.” The report said.
“Cars are a biggie, there’s the occasional boat and certainly houses. People will go to the extreme. We’d be doing half-a-dozen [arson cases] right now.”
Last month, he investigated a case of a man who couldn’t pay his mortgage and so set fire to his house. But he had taken some “precious items” and stored them in the outside shed, making the fraud easy to spot.
“These are people who are not criminals, they are not seasoned criminals.
“They’ve found themselves in a position and have decided to go this route… The recession has definitely driven insurance fraud. In fact, it’s still driving it. People are still struggling.” Some insurance fraudsters are hiring others to do their dirty work for as little as $200.
“There’s an awful lot of cars being burnt out. They’ll leave the key somewhere for someone to take the car away and burn it.
“Just over the last couple of years we’ve seen a lot more insurers prosecuting people.”