The Carabinieri of Roma Centre have placed four lawyers under house arrest and suspended four first aid doctors from public service for periods of 6 and 12 months after discovering an insurance scam that aimed to pocket reimbursements for staged road accidents. The investigation, which made use of wiretaps, made it possible to gather serious clues against the suspects. In particular, the doctors - in service at some of the main hospitals in the Capital - falsely certified serious injuries resulting from road accidents, to obtain compensation between 10,000 and 20,000 euros, on injured people who were actually actors remunerated with compensation ranging from 300 to 500 euros per claim. The investigation made it possible to gather clues about the falsity of more than 50 road accidents, in which more than 250 people participated, even occasionally. The economic damage that is estimated to have been caused to the insurance companies, which have provided full cooperation in the investigation for the scams against them, is by default of more than 2 million euros. The alleged crimes are those of association for crime, fraud against insurance and corruption.
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