6 Charged With Staging 50 Accidents In Connecticut

Six men are charged with allegedly staging car accidents in an effort to defraud car insurance companies. A federal grand jury in New Haven returned an indictment charging six men with fraud and conspiracy offenses, according to Deirdre M. Daly, U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Patricia M. Ferrick, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the FBI. The nine-count indictment was returned on May 18, 2016, and was unsealed Monday, May 24.