A 66-year-old central New York man has been sentenced to 21/2 years in federal prison and ordered to pay more than $1.4 million for staging a car crash to collect insurance.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Syracuse says Joseph Dellerba of Utica conspired with another driver to stage a vehicle collision in March 2006 in Utica in order to collect insurance and health care benefits.
He claimed to have been injured while a passenger in a van struck by a rental truck driven by an accomplice in the scheme.
Officials say he wasn’t in the van at the time of the crash, but submitted insurance claims for non-existent injuries and disability. An insurance company paid the bills for his medical care.
Prosecutors say Dellerba sued in civil court and won a settlement of more than $680,000.
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