New South Wales police have arrested a 54-year-old Liverpool man for his involvement in a sophisticated car insurance fraud ring.
The fraud took place after a crash in May 2015, news.com.au reports.
He faces five fraud-related offences and was refused bail on Thursday.
The arrest is part of Strike Force Ravens, which was set up last August to investigate syndicates rorting the compulsory third-party insurance schemes.
The fraud involves the use of minor or fake crashes being reported, either to insurance companies or the Police Assistance Line, with insurance companies often paying out rather than facing court battles news.com.au reports.
So far, Strike Force Raven investigators have arrested nine people and laid more than 80 charges in relation to a combined fraud of almost $9.2 million.
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