In the heart of 2023, in the labyrinth of asphalt and traffic lights that make up the New York metropolitan road network, something insidious was unfolding — and it wasn’t just the usual rush-hour chaos.
A group of drivers and accomplices were allegedly orchestrating a calculated scheme of staged car accidents in a bid to extract tens of thousands of dollars in insurance payouts.
That enterprise came to a grinding halt this year when a New York Supreme Court judge issued a summary judgment shutting down the ring’s attempt to claim money from insurers…