A while ago, some images and a video went popular of a male who ruined a Bugatti Veyron, one of the most costly vehicles on the planet, into a lake. Now the motorist, Andy House, is being sued for insurance fraud after he told the insurance company he was distracted by a pelican.
Andy set back
The Bugatti Veyron costs over $2 million when all is said and done, and there will only ever be a few hundred around. It is a really amazing vehicle and has met a lot of goals that people heave.
That is why it is so ridiculous that someone would go out of their way to wreck a vehicle like that.
One such dummy is Andy House who, according to the Daily Mail, drove his Veyron into a lake in Texas in 2009. Another motorist captured the wreck on video. It went popular and has since been viewed 3.7 million times. It is also getting used as evidence, as House's insurance company is suing him for insurance fraud.
House stated distraction
It looks almost like Andy House fell asleep at the wheel as he drives the car into a salt marsh. House wrote that he dropped his phone while sidetracked by a pelican on his insurance claim. That is why he drove off the road he claims to get his $2.2 million claim through. He does not even make an effort to break the car.
The video shows no pelican whatsoever, which is precisely why his insurance firm, Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Company, filed a lawsuit against House in 2011, two years after the accident, according to AutoBlog. The lawsuit has been postponed since then, but Philadelphia Indemnity believes House drove it into the lake to get a $2.2 million check, the price of the car.
According to the Daily Mail, it only cost House $1.2 million to get the car. There was an informant, supposedly, who told the insurance company that House attempted to bribe them with $1 million to get the car set on fire. House only had the car for three weeks before he crashed it.
Issue with fraud
Whether or not Andy House really was committing auto insurance scam is up for controversy. However, if he was, his was one of thousands of instances of it. According to Edmunds, there are two types of auto insurance fraud, "hard" and "soft." Soft fraud involves padding the bill, like adding old damage to an accident claim. Hard fraud involves things like crashing into something on purpose to collect a check, or falsely claiming an injury.
You may end up paying more insurance payments on top of all other car expenses such as the loan for your car because of all the fraud. In fact, every person ends up paying about $400 additional on their bill due to fraud on average.
Andy set back
The Bugatti Veyron costs over $2 million when all is said and done, and there will only ever be a few hundred around. It is a really amazing vehicle and has met a lot of goals that people heave.
That is why it is so ridiculous that someone would go out of their way to wreck a vehicle like that.
One such dummy is Andy House who, according to the Daily Mail, drove his Veyron into a lake in Texas in 2009. Another motorist captured the wreck on video. It went popular and has since been viewed 3.7 million times. It is also getting used as evidence, as House's insurance company is suing him for insurance fraud.
House stated distraction
It looks almost like Andy House fell asleep at the wheel as he drives the car into a salt marsh. House wrote that he dropped his phone while sidetracked by a pelican on his insurance claim. That is why he drove off the road he claims to get his $2.2 million claim through. He does not even make an effort to break the car.
The video shows no pelican whatsoever, which is precisely why his insurance firm, Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Company, filed a lawsuit against House in 2011, two years after the accident, according to AutoBlog. The lawsuit has been postponed since then, but Philadelphia Indemnity believes House drove it into the lake to get a $2.2 million check, the price of the car.
According to the Daily Mail, it only cost House $1.2 million to get the car. There was an informant, supposedly, who told the insurance company that House attempted to bribe them with $1 million to get the car set on fire. House only had the car for three weeks before he crashed it.
Issue with fraud
Whether or not Andy House really was committing auto insurance scam is up for controversy. However, if he was, his was one of thousands of instances of it. According to Edmunds, there are two types of auto insurance fraud, "hard" and "soft." Soft fraud involves padding the bill, like adding old damage to an accident claim. Hard fraud involves things like crashing into something on purpose to collect a check, or falsely claiming an injury.
You may end up paying more insurance payments on top of all other car expenses such as the loan for your car because of all the fraud. In fact, every person ends up paying about $400 additional on their bill due to fraud on average.
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