Two businessmen and an art teacher have appeared in court charged in connection with €6 million "ghost broker" motor insurance policy fraud.
The court was told that more than 2,500 motor insurance policies, valued at €6 million were identified as having been fraudulently obtained from ten insurance companies. The court was told that Mikhail Yegorov is from Ukraine, but identifies as Irish and has lived in Ireland since 2014. The judge ordered them to sign on regularly at their local Garda stations, to surrender travel documentation, alert gardaí if they will be away from their homes for more than 24 hours, not to leave the jurisdiction, and have no contact with injured parties.
Hope the court makes an example of them. This type of crime is on the rise and frankly we need to put the message out that it’s expensive to engage in.