Claimed and Shamed

Insurance cheats come under the spotlight of the investigators.

A woman claiming £1.7 million, after life-changing injuries left her unable to carry out the most basic tasks, is caught on camera shopping for flat-pack furniture. It's curtains for a claim riddled with faked injuries and stolen identities when the scammers can't get their stories straight. A footballer who wants a payout for a pothole fall is shown the red card when it's revealed he's suffered an identical injury on the pitch.

Things that go bump in the night – it's lights out for a claim made by an inmate who said he'd fallen out of a prison bed when his story doesn't add up. And the yoga instructor whose social media exposed how she'd stretched reality and bent the truth about the extent of her injuries.

Tragedy in the air – a con woman posing as a grieving widow takes advantage of a terrible disaster to fake her husband's death. A mechanic who wanted £50,000 after he claimed a faulty car jack fell on his hand is stopped in his tracks when investigators find his version of events just doesn't stack up.

A young woman seeking compensation after an accident supposedly left her barely able to walk ends up in the high court when investigators discover her injuries had not put a stop to her world travels. And the scammer who took out a string of dodgy motor policies over the phone is caught out by sharp-eared investigators.

Grave reservations about a man's supposed death lead to his claim for a nasty fall being thrown out by a judge. A passenger claiming £5,000 following a car crash is exposed as a liar when his claim is tripped up by simple geography. A nasty trip over some scaffolding leads to a major slip-up with some dodgy paperwork. A woman's bogus injury claim comes a cropper when the facts fail to add up. And, caught on camera – the serial scammer heading behind bars after it's revealed he intentionally caused a crash.

The lies of a factory worker claiming £90,000 for an accident at work are exposed when his bosses reveal he wasn't even on site. A driver tries to get away with claiming for old damage to his car after a minor bump with a lorry is caught on camera. A cabbie who concocts a claim after a prang is told by a judge to cough up thousands. The influencer with a huge following on social media blows his own bogus injury claim out of the water by posting online. And a motorcyclist who fakes an accident with a taxi has the brakes slammed on his claim when an eyewitness with impeccable credentials comes forward to give evidence.

A special episode featuring some of our most shocking insurance cheat cases from across the years, dug deep from our archives. First up, as low as it gets – the heartless woman who puts in multiple false claims to profit from tragedies like the Grenfell Tower fire. The brazen conman who forgets which side his fake injury is on. The woman whose arson-for-cash scheme goes horribly wrong, with her child tragically paying the price. A cosmetic surgeon abuses his position to make millions of dollars on medical health insurance scams. And trying it on in Turkey – CCTV reveals a man throwing shapes round the pool when he claimed to be throwing up.

A father and son who get caught up in a police chase find themselves on the wrong side of the law after making bogus claims. During lockdown, when the streets across the country were deserted, two riders have an unlikely collision on a street in Croydon. Caught on camera, five young men claiming for serious injuries after a bus crash are caught out by damning CCTV footage. Double trouble for a cabbie claiming thousands for a replacement car when investigators find his dates just don't add up. And the claim of a sporty young woman who can no longer enjoy her favourite activities, following a car accident, is flipped on its head by her social media posts.

Keeping it all in the family – a vast organised network of scammers is exposed, revealing fraud on an industrial scale. A van driver's spurious claim hits the skids when dashcam footage reveals the truth about what really happened. Fearless or foolhardy? A driver who deliberately causes an accident with a bus is exposed on CCTV. A motorcyclist who takes everyone for a ride with a fake accident claim is caught out by his own evidence. And reversing wars – how a claim for injuries after a case of bad parking is exposed as a lie when a bystander reveals the truth.

A claim for a quarter of a million euros goes up in flames when a holiday fire in France turns out to be all smoke and mirrors. A martial arts expert's case is given the chop when his social media posts expose his lies. Two roofers involved in a minor bash with a bus see their claim slated when they play fast and loose with the facts and the insurance investigators get stuck in. And a window cleaner finds himself all washed up when his dirty tricks land him on the wrong side of the law.

A DJ's injury claim hits the deck when online posts show he's been spinning a tall tale. Phone woes – a driver demanding a cash payout after a minor collision is caught out by her own text messages. A holidaymaker claiming she lost valuables worth thousands of pounds whilst travelling is caught out online. Investigators uncover the hidden link between a group of strangers claiming thousands of pounds after a car crash. And a chancer claiming a collision with a bus left him with serious injuries is exposed as a liar when the true extent of the accident is revealed.

A special episode featuring some of the most shocking insurance cheat cases from across the years, dug deep from our archives. An American ex-wife who's the beneficiary of a life insurance policy seeks deadly revenge after a bitter divorce. The catalogue of lies told by a woman claiming she could barely walk when it was anything but the case. The fraudsters perpetrating a racket worth millions, buying up empty wine bars with the sole intention of causing damage they could claim big money for. The con man blatantly fabricating his bogus damage claim by crashing his own car in broad daylight. And cold-hearted fraudsters putting innocent drivers' lives at risk by engineering deliberate high-speed crashes on the motorway.

A young woman who tried to cover up a car crash with a catalogue of tall tales calls up to confess. A claim for £100,000, made by a factory worker injured at work, is exposed as a sham when investigators track his adventures on social media. A woman claiming £20,000 after another driver crashed into her is exposed as a liar, thanks to the telematic boxes fitted in the vehicles. The party is over for a wedding guest who lost £26,000 of bling while busting moves on the dance floor. And a driver blagging a big payout after claiming for serious injuries from a collision with a bus is caught out on camera.

A man who lost his brother to Covid is jailed after trying to cash in life insurance he had taken out in his dead sibling's name. A driver making a bogus claim is caught out on number plate recognition cameras, driving his vehicle when it should have been off the road.

The case of a serial scammer that proves crime doesn't pay. After trying to swindle £75,000 with fake claims for ruined holidays, this chancer finds himself on a different kind of break – roughing it behind bars. And the curious case of the claim made for a payout in the name of a man who wasn't even there.

A holidaymaker is sent packing when his £12,000 claim for a cancelled trip abroad is discovered to be a flight of fancy. A bogus claim for a car crash hits the skids when the car's smart technology reveals what really happened. A shaggy tale about dodgy pet insurance for a poorly pooch is pulled apart by investigators. And a legal eagle gets his wings clipped when his injury claim for £20,000 is exposed as a pack of lies.

A chef who made an outrageously high claim by exaggerating his injuries after a genuine workplace accident finds himself in hot water. A dangerous driver who stopped his car in the middle of a roundabout for no apparent reason has the brakes slammed on his bogus claim after he's caught out on CCTV. A hotel owner who blagged tens of thousands of pounds in income protection, claiming he was too ill to work, ends up on the wrong side of the law when undercover investigators catch him on camera looking fighting fit. A budding barrister who used his legal know-how to make a bogus injury claim comes unstuck when investigators finally uncover the truth. And a semi-professional footballer scores an own goal when his dodgy claim for injuries after a car crash is undone by his social media posts.

A special episode featuring some of our most shocking insurance cheat cases from across the years, dug deep from our archives. The shameless serial scammer, finally caught out and sent behind bars after making fraudulent claims for tens of thousands of pounds. The men who made millions by deliberately causing car accidents and endangering innocent lives. A victim who claimed an accident had left him terrified of heights blows his claim out of the water when he posts pictures of himself at the top of Europe's highest water slide. The busted con man whose quarter of a million pound injury claim is exposed as a fake. And a customer loses his cool with call centre staff when he doesn't get the payout he's after.