NYC family involved in staging bogus crashes in $300M insurance fraud scheme, stunning Uber lawsuit claims

A Brooklyn family was allegedly part of a ring of car insurance fraudsters that staged bogus crashes to bilk Uber and Liberty Mutual out of more than $300 million, a stunning new lawsuit claims.

The rideshare company, in a complaint filed in Brooklyn federal court Tuesday, accused 13 individuals and eight medical providers of colluding to defraud it and the insurance giant by ordering rides and falsely claiming injuries after having another associate purposely cause a minor accident.

Mother Georgette Powell was allegedly involved in at least four of the claimed fraudulent accidents — with three of them occurring within a two-month span in 2023, the suit asserts.

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