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number of people in their 20s who commit insurance fraud is increasing significantly.
One in five people caught in insurance fraud last year was in their 20s.
Reporter Jeon Yeon-nam reports.
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The moment you see that the car in front of you, who has started turning left, has left the designated lane and crossed over to the side, it accelerates and hits you behind you.
Seniors and juniors in their hometown in their early 20s deliberately caused an accident while trying to earn pocket money.
He suffered more than 60 accidents and earned more than 600 million won in insurance money, but the main culprit was sentenced to prison.
As soon as you see a car entering the roundabout quickly changing lanes, the car behind you crashes into it.
Last year, the number of people in their twenties caught trying to scam car insurance in this way exceeded 15,000 for the first time ever.
There were many cases where the target was a car that violated traffic laws and was unlikely to be reported to the police.
In addition, I purposely took friends and other people on board to get as much insurance money as possible.
[Lee Yong-seop / General Manager of Insurance Fraud Investigation Team, Non-Life Insurance Association: Organizational intentional traffic accidents are on the rise due to a public contest using SNS centered on young people.]
After putting out an accident without a license or under the influence of alcohol, hide it and pay the insurance money There were also many cases where they changed drivers after getting into a car accident or having an accident.
Last year, 97,000 people were caught for all insurance fraud, including auto insurance, of which 18,000 were in their 20s, or 1 in 5.
Insurance fraud in their 20s is increasing by more than 15% each year.