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A man in his 30s was arrested after picking up a vehicle turning right or moving on the sidewalk at a crosswalk pedestrian signal, and deliberately bumping into him and collecting insurance money.
Correspondent Jo Jin-wook of KNN reports.
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is an intersection in Busan.
A man suddenly appeared in front of a right-turning vehicle, and was thrown off by a collision.
On another road, this time, the man bumped into a vehicle trying to turn right and even approached the driver and argued with them as if protesting.
It looks like an ordinary car accident, but it was a scam that deliberately approached the vehicle and bumped into it.
After signing up for insurance that pays additional insurance money in the event of a serious negligence traffic accident, Mr. A targeted right-turning vehicles passing the crosswalk even at a stop sign.
When he saw a vehicle reversing toward the sidewalk, he approached and deliberately bumped into him.
A 32-year-old man has had a crosswalk and sidewalk accident, which is a gross negligence, on 11 occasions in the past three years.
By oppressing the panicked drivers, they collected 34 million won worth of settlement money and insurance money.
[Kim Ok-hee / Victim of intentional accident: I have never had a car accident while driving for 10 years. After
doing that once, the aftereffects came and I was startled just looking at the people on the crosswalk.]
The police, who were suspicious of accidents with the same method for 4 months, finally caught them.
[Shim Jae-hoon / Busan Nambu Police Station Traffic Crime Investigation Team Leader: There was a case where a person who denied that the car did not collide reported it to 112 and received criminal punishment.
Wasn't he taking advantage of the needy hearts of the victims?
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While Mr. A denied the crime, saying he had no intentions, the police arrested Mr. A on charges of insurance fraud, etc.
(Video coverage: Kim Tae-yong KNN, screen provided: Busan National Police Agency)