Two plead guilty in mail fraud case targeting truckers

Carhaulers Watch out...This New Type Of Con Accuses Truckers of Accidents That They Did Not Committ

Michael J. McMahon, 55, and Dawn C. Velapoldi, 43, pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiracy to commit mail fraud for reporting fake vehicle crashes targeting commercial truckers and receiving more than $168,000 in insurance claims, according to a press release from the U.S. Dept. of Justice.

According to an indictment returned by a federal grand jury, McMahon and Velapoldi reported fake motor vehicle crashes to fraudulently obtain compensation for damage to vehicles they said was caused by commercial trucks at numerous locations throughout New York.

Since 2006, prosecutors said McMahon and Velapoldi made at least 83 claims to trucking companies about the fake accidents. The claims stated a commercial truck sideswiped a sports utility vehicle, causing damage to the driver’s side of the vehicle. In each case, McMahon and Velapoldi provided the name of a different purported claimant.

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Toll Hikes Will Hurt Carhaulers

I hope you dont have to haul cars through New York or New Jersey. According to a Fleet Owner article the cost of the tolls to go through these places is about to go up over 180%. Naturally this affects all truckers, including carhaulers and autotransports. I am trying to be open minded here instead of just reacting, I mean the governments of New York and New Jersey had to have thought this through.

Yes, in the short term, this means more tax revenue for the state which will benefit taxpayers BUT...lets look at what else it means for the taxpayer..

Every good that is shipped in and out of this area is going to now cost more, a lot more

This means the cost of food, clothes, services,..etc are going up exponentially for the citizens of these areas (and I guess to a certain degree New England since trucks have to pass through New York and New Jersey to get to New England)

You will probably have carhaulers who outright refuse to go to these places because the cost has become outrageous

Essentially any dollar of tax revenue is going to be offset by higher costs for consumers..so what is the point.

I can tell you without  a doubt that any car being transported via car carrier will cost a lot more to ship.

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