Five Michigan Residents To Stand Trial In Auto Insurance Scams

Last week, five Michigan defendants and one New Jersey man were bound over to stand trial in the 16th Circuit Court in Macomb County on charges alleging the group operated an auto insurance fraud scheme targeting Michigan residents involved in automobile collisions.

It is alleged that, beginning in 2013, Michael Angelo, of New Jersey, ran a lawyer hotline, 1-800-USLawyer, and funneled auto accident callers into an elaborate insurance fraud scheme, directing the callers to one or several of the many medical enterprises owned or controlled by Angelo.

Each business would then bill the no-fault auto insurance carriers, or the Michigan Assigned Claims Plan for the uninsured patients, for the respective treatments.