The wildest insurance fraud scheme in Texas
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The wildest insurance fraud scheme in Texas
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#2They say everything's bigger in Texas, I didn't know it extended to narcissistic personality disorder.
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#3I don't want to read a novel before being able to understand what this is about. At least the article could provide a quick glimpse at what the fraud scheme is.
I kept reading for 5-6 minutes and then lost interest.
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#4They say everything's bigger in Texas, I didn't know it extended to narcissistic personality disorder.
As a Texan, I can tell you that's exactly why that saying exists in the first place.
I'm only half joking...
https://www.aiadallas.org/v/columns-detail/Everything-Is-Big...
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#5Note - an L-39 is not a MiG - it was designed in Czechoslovakia by Aero Vodochody. A small point, but these kind of large errors in articles I'm supposed to be taking seriosly drive me crazy.
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#6I don't want to read a novel before being able to understand what this is about. At least the article could provide a quick glimpse at what the fraud scheme is. I kept reading for 5-6 minutes and then lost interest.
The insurance frauds were not really wild, just run of the mill kind, insure for more than you paid for it, crash it and claim damages. The wild element was the guy pursuing them.
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#7Note - an L-39 is not a MiG - it was designed in Czechoslovakia by Aero Vodochody. A small point, but these kind of large errors in articles I'm supposed to be taking seriosly drive me crazy.
There’s nothing about TFA that should be taken seriously. It’s pulp fiction. Just like TR himself. Not to say “whoosh”, but I’m pretty sure that’s the whole point of the piece?
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#8I don't want to read a novel before being able to understand what this is about. At least the article could provide a quick glimpse at what the fraud scheme is. I kept reading for 5-6 minutes and then lost interest.
There's too many articles like this these days. I don't mind reading longform, but I've mostly given up on the format because of this issue.
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#9They say everything's bigger in Texas, I didn't know it extended to narcissistic personality disorder.
As a Texan, I can tell you that's exactly why that saying exists in the first place. I'm only half joking... https://www.aiadallas.org/v/columns-detail/Everything-Is-Big...
I'm from a neighboring state that provides hospitality to wealthy Texan tourists. It's sort of an odd dynamic. Want people to enjoy themselves and have fun, but also take the wind out of people's sails from time to time. It's probably easier to explain with an old joke.
A Texan is bragging about how big his ranch is. "It takes all day to drive around the edge of my ranch". The sly reply is "Yeah, my truck's like that too".
Generally good natured, but from time to time, one side or the other is a little too invested in the hype and it's not so funny.
Re: The wildest insurance fraud scheme in Texas
#10I don't want to read a novel before being able to understand what this is about. At least the article could provide a quick glimpse at what the fraud scheme is. I kept reading for 5-6 minutes and then lost interest.
The insurance frauds were not really wild, just run of the mill kind, insure for more than you paid for it, crash it and claim damages. The wild element was the guy pursuing them.
I'm not knowledgeable on the inner workings of insurance but if the company agrees to insure for $X, even if it's more than you paid, then isn't that legal? I assume the deliberate crashing is the illegal part?