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VOL. XLIX
NO. 36
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2026
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Two sentenced in car insurance fraud scheme PAGE 4 Dash cam footage of a silver Honda purposely backing into a woman’s vehicle on the Belt Parkway, above, went viral online in 2024. Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz and Gov. Hochul on Aug. 27 announced prison sentences for the organizer of an insurance fraud scheme and the driver who cut off vehicles to cause rear-end collisions, including the viral 2024 incident.
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