SOUTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) - Three people were arrested Wednesday after investigators said they intentionally staged a two-vehicle crash in Southwest Miami-Dade as part of an alleged insurance fraud scheme.
Lourdes Suyapa Banegas, 49, was charged with second-degree felony insurance fraud involving a staged accident, according to a Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office arrest report.
Her co-defendants, Bruno Adriano Robles, 18, and Oreste Duarte-Castillo, 41, face the same charge.
Deputies responded around 2:50 p.m. Wednesday to a reported crash at the intersection of Southwest 12th Street and Southwest 72nd Avenue.
