Hong Kong police arrest 11 as ‘crash-for-cash’ scams surge to HK$135 million in claims

Hong Kong police have arrested 11 people in the latest crackdown on “crash-for-cash” scams.

The schemes, which have generated HK$135 million in suspected fraudulent claims, involve scammers seeking exaggerated sums in damages following traffic accidents.

Police said on Wednesday that the number of suspicious traffic accident claims had snowballed to 500 since January, when the […] ...