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WAUKESHA, WI --- The FBI is alleging that a Waukesha auto repair business owner and some of his employees have been enhancing damage to vehicles, replacing air bags with used air bags, and using salvage yard parts instead of new ones in order to defraud insurance companies, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.
Read More →HESPERIA, CA --- A 23-year-old man was arrested at his auto body repair shop for an outstanding warrant related to insurance fraud, the San Bernardino County District Attorney's office said.
Read More →SACRAMENTO, CA --- California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger this week vetoed a bill (AB 2825) requiring auto repairers to share copies of parts invoices with their customers if they requested them.
Read More →SACRAMENTO, CA --- California legislators are considering a bill aimed at preventing body shops from "part switching," a practice in which a repairer charges a customer or insurer for an auto part that's never actually installed on the vehicle.
Read More →SAN DIEGO, Calif. --- The Labor and Workforce Development Agency on April 15 announced that Economic Employment Enforcement Coalition (EEEC) investigators issued 41 citations for labor violations ---with fines totaling more than $226,000 --- in a recent sweep of 28 San Diego auto body businesses.
Read More →WASHINGTON, D.C. --- The U.S. Supreme Court this week rejected Allstate's request to hear its case challenging a Texas law restricting insurance company ownership of body shops.
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