2 men arrested over 123 ‘crash-for-cash’ traffic accidents in Hong Kong

Hong Kong police have arrested a 21-year-old student and a jobless 19-year-old on suspicion of deliberately causing more than 120 traffic accidents across the city in “crash-for-cash” scams, racking up more than HK$1 million (US$127,570) in fraudulent compensation. Chief Inspector Tam Tsz-wai of the New Territories North regional crime unit said officers suspected the pair were linked to 123 staged traffic accidents between May last year and this July. “We believe the 21-year-old was the...

By Jess Ma