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Crooks Bring Florida Car Insurance Costs Out of Control

Police arrested five people in Orlando on Thursday, suspected of filing fake car crash insurance claims. According to officials, the suspects were charged with insurance fraud, patient brokering and intentionally staging a car crash in Orange County.

Lufaite Olizia, Tracey McFarlane and three other persons involved in the staged crash were booked into the Orange County jail.

Fake crash claims have cost Florida drivers dearly. Average insurance bills have increased 100 percent to reach $600 per year. Most of the increase is attributed to fraud.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott was in Orlando on that same day to discuss with auto insurance representatives and lawmakers possible legislation changes to modify Florida's no-fault protection system.

Olizia and McFarlane allegedly promised the three other arrested suspects, Pierre Antoine Joseph, Madeline Emile and Yolande Denise Roberts, $1,000 each if they filed medical claims.

They told the so-called "passengers" to obtain treatment for their supposed injuries in a health care and rehab center in Orlando.

Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater declared in a news release that Florida families could not afford to spend more on insurance costs in these tough economic times. He added, "It is my mission to stamp out auto insurance fraud and to ensure these cheats who are making money off the backs of Florida drivers serve real time."

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