Body Shops under federal investigation.

of filing false claims to get money from insurance companies. el paso police telling abc-seven a total of 10 employees were arrested at four central el paso businesses. abc 7 reporter evan folan… … is live with details on the investigation. rick/estella the el paso police department’s auto theft task force teamed up with local and federal agencies to expose these local businesses who are committing insurance fraud with “operation paint job 13-20 21-31 59-1:05 nats of car a two year undercover operation was launched by a tip from the national insurance crime burearu. butted sot: gomez “the nicd approached the department and identified 217 suspicious claims.” .. “thos 217 – eight body shops were identified of having the most suspicious claims and they were investigated. standup: “this is one of the four body shops in el paso that is being investigated for insurance fraud and on thursday the auto theft task force arrested 6 employees from rego’s body shop.” the other 4 were employees at other auto body shops – and all have been charged with some type of insurance fraud. and i went to two of the shops – and called the other two – no one wanted to comment. but in order to commit the fraud – the customers must be on board with the plan… “the company or the body shop would increase, inflate or create a situation that didn’t occur and would make a false claim to the insurance company to gain compensation.” on local body shop owner says these businesses give other companies a bad rep. “it’s a sad situatio it’s a huge black eye to the auto repair industry.” and he als warns future customers. sot: “if people are trying to push you to a shop make sure you check their credentials.” sgt. gomez tells me operation paint job is closed – but says fraud claims are called in on a daily basis – so they will continue investigative those daily reports.. rick/estela el paso congressman beto o’rouorke with these words tonight…