"Alleged insurance scam in Penn. used dead deer" Associated Press May 30, 2014
PHILADELPHIA — Forty-one people in Philadelphia are facing charges in what prosecutors call an elaborate insurance fraud scheme that used dead deer to fake car accidents.
Ronald Galati Sr. is accused of running a $5 million scam out of his auto body shop.
District Attorney Seth Williams said Wednesday that Galati coached customers to claim they had struck a deer rather than a car. That way, insurance companies would consider them ‘‘no fault’’ accidents and pay the claims without raising the customers’ premiums.
Investigators say Galati stored deer carcasses, blood, and fur in the back of his shop to use as props.
Also charged are Galati’s wife, son, and daughter, several insurance adjusters, tow truck drivers, a city official, and a police officer.
Attorney Anthony Voci said that he could not comment on the charges because he had not seen the grand jury presentment but that his client is innocent until proven guilty.
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"Carbon monoxide blamed in 5 deaths in Pa." Associated Press May 05, 2014
ELIMSPORT, Pa. — Authorities said an improperly vented propane heater caused the deaths of five people who are believed to have succumbed to carbon monoxide fumes while asleep in a small Pennsylvania cabin.
Trooper Angela Bieber at the State Police barracks in Montoursville said Sunday that a relative of the cabin’s owner hosted a get-together Friday night and slept in his truck outside the cabin. He discovered the bodies Saturday....
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