insurance scam: five convictions in Rome The bandwidth of the insurance scam to make money through false accident premiums and refunds. The judges of the Ninth Section of the Tribunal of Rome imposed seven years' imprisonment to a former member of the liquidator Fondiaria Sai, James Longo and established a penalty for 6 years and 8 months for the body shop Ivano Muzzi and 6 years for the expert Mario Caucci. All three defendants had the perpetual disqualification from public office. There are 51 recognized the offended parties, which may include Sis Insurance Company and Mediolanum Assicurazioni SpA with the sentence have been sentenced to 4 years and 6 months each, the lawyers and Anna Maria Santoni Simone Longo. Both have had 5 years of disqualification from public office. Both companies defrauded have been recognized as € 4,280 in compensation each, in addition to the general expenses incurred in providing legal proceedings as a civil party. According to the indictment, issued by the Public Prosecutor Erminio Amelio, at the time, between 2000 and 2003, the multi award of companies left to the inspectorate, was operated manually by the employee that he gave a hand to practice a certain number depending on the order of arrival, making it possible, as indeed happened, 'incalanamenti' to a pre-determined liquidator. And, in fact, all 30 claims made to pass for real but in fact never occurred, the liquidator was always Longo. The picture was completed by the expert group Caucci, the bodyshop Muzzi, who was ready to recycle the personal details of owners as well as photos of the cars from him for some repair, but not for an accident. The damages were all fictional, but they seemed real. Because there were photos, feedback and complaints from owners of the expert. The law firm compliant drawing up of action points despite not having received any post from hypothetical clients. The lawyers Gaetano Stefano Scalise and Gabbrielli, for companies Mediolanum and Sis, explained: "We are pleased with the ruling made by the judges. The repression of the phenomenon of insurance fraud are to be pursued vigorously. And then this story could not have been realize that some professionals within and outside companies, they did not get involved by those who wanted to make money illegally. "
(AGI)
