| Info on Project Whiplash contact Detective Constable Kajamuganathan KATHIRAVELU ("KK) 416-808-1906 | E-Mail: Kajamuganathan.Kathiravelu@TorontoPolice.on.ca Project Whiplash, 37 people charged Broadcast time: 15:38 Thursday, February 23, 2012 Traffic Services 416-808-1900 In 2009, the Toronto Police Service Traffic Services Unit and the Toronto Police Service Financial Crimes Unit, assisted by members of the Insurance Bureau of Canada and Financial Services Commission of Ontario, identified 10 key people and 35 others who allegedly played a role in a series of fraudulently staged collisions and insurance claims during Project Whiplash. "IBC applauds Toronto Police Service for their commitment to this case," said Rick Dubin, VP, Investigations, Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC). "Overall, it was an excellent co-operative effort involving police, IBC, individual insurers and the Financial Services Commission of Ontario. Insurance fraud is a serious crime that costs all of us in the form of health care, emergency services, court and insurance costs. When they cheat, we all pay." It is alleged that: - a number of billing inaccuracies made to State Farm Insurance from various physiotherapy clinics in Toronto were discovered - eight local physiotherapy clinics have been identified and are owned and operated by the accused - billing forms included names and registration numbers, fraudulently obtained, of several medical professionals who were not employed by the clinics and who ... |
