Thursday, March 26, 2009
Car Arsons For Insurance Cash On The Rise
CBS Evening News: Desperate And In Debt, More Americans -With No Criminal Histories - Torching Their Own Cars
Arson investigators say every time the economy flames out, they get busy. Now, amid the worsening recession, new figures show police are facing a rising number of auto arsonists - specifically, people torching their cars for insurance money, as CBS News correspondent Mark Strassmann reports.
Outside Las Vegas, the desert's a dumping ground for the red-hot recession insurance scam. In fact, it's detective Mark Menzie's full-time beat.
"This wasn't your typical auto thief who did this," Menzie said as he examined a charred sedan... So many cars are dumped every day over such a vast area that the Las Vegas Police patrol by daily by helicopter to find them...
CBS: Car Arsons For Insurance Cash On The Rise
Arson investigators say every time the economy flames out, they get busy. Now, amid the worsening recession, new figures show police are facing a rising number of auto arsonists - specifically, people torching their cars for insurance money, as CBS News correspondent Mark Strassmann reports.
Outside Las Vegas, the desert's a dumping ground for the red-hot recession insurance scam. In fact, it's detective Mark Menzie's full-time beat.
"This wasn't your typical auto thief who did this," Menzie said as he examined a charred sedan... So many cars are dumped every day over such a vast area that the Las Vegas Police patrol by daily by helicopter to find them...
CBS: Car Arsons For Insurance Cash On The Rise
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