Byline: Pamela Zekman, Gene Mustain; 1980-02-17; Chicago Sun Times; pages 1,6-7
Report: "The Accident Swindlers" - Pamela Zekman, Gene Mustain - Chicago Sun-Times and WLS-TV
Tags: insurance fraud, posed as accident victims, scam, swindlers
"It is The Accident Swindlers' favorite hospital. "Hundreds of auto-accident patients have walked through its doors -- unquestioned, unexamined, unhurt. "They receive little or no treatment, yet they are charged luxury-hotel rates. The usually stay five days and collect a $1000 to $2000 bill used by their lawyers to inflate insurance settlements. . . "
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