Remember the viral dashcam video we reported on last month that captured insurance fraud right in front of our eyes, with a staged car accident on Belt Parkway in Queens, NY? One of four suspects, 28-year-old Maikel Martinez of Brooklyn, NY, has officially been arrested and charged last month in the case after arriving to New York on a flight from Ecuador.
Karen Matthews of Insurance Journal writes:
“According to prosecutors, Asphia Natasha was driving north on the Belt Parkway on Oct. 16 when a silver Honda Civic cut in front of her car and stopped.
Natasha braked to avoid a collision and the Honda’s driver backed into her car, damaging both vehicles, prosecutors said.
The occupants of the Honda held up what appeared to be a plastic tarp that partly obscured Natasha’s view inside the Honda, and the occupants of the Honda switched seats within the car, Katz said.
Natasha’s dashboard camera captured the collision, and the video has received millions of views on TikTok.”
Martinez has officially been charged with staging a motor vehicle accident, criminal mischief, reckless endangerment, and insurance fraud, and has plead not guilty. The other three individuals who were in the car are still being sought.
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