Abbotsford, BC, July 16, 2007
Sohan Sahota
Two NRIs Gurjinder Gill and Jagjit Dhaliwal of Abbotsford were
were convicted, under Section 42.1 of under the Insurance (Motor
Vehicle) Act, with providing false information to ICBC.
- Both were fined $1,500
- Gurjinder Gill ordered to repay ICBC $2,520, the cost to repair
and it is not acceptable to ICBC to pass the cost of fraud onto
our customers.
Last year, Jagjit Dhaliwal contacted ICBC to report his brother-in-law’s
vehicle had been involved in a hit and run. He claimed Gill’s
red 1996 Honda Civic was the victim of a hit and run collision
while parked at a truck stop in Abbotsford. Before this report
Jagjit reporting Gill’s alleged hit and run claim- a Dodge
van was parked in front of an Abbotsford house when the owner
heard a loud crash. A witness to the crash observed a red Honda
fleeing the scene.
Actually claim was denied brecause the physical damage on Gill’s
vehicle matched the damage inflicted on the Dodge van. This evidence
leads that Gill and Dhaliwal confessed to providing false information.
ICBC estimates that fraud costs each of ICBC’s 2.9 million
policyholders in the range of $100 to $150 per year.
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