Private eye Chris Charow has seen hundreds of instances of exaggerated injuries, faked injuries and outright fraud that contribute to Michigan’s highest-in-the-nation auto insurance rates.
He photographs people who pretend to slowly limp across parking lots on their way to medical exams for no-fault insurance benefits.
Hours later, Charow, 47, will spy these same individuals appearing healthy and injury-free as they stroll supermarkets or move around their driveway at home. And the visual props that they pulled out for the doctor’s office — walkers, canes, cervical collars — have disappeared.