The maintenance shop colluded with the claims adjuster to defraud insurance! The boss is under arrest, his wife and Internet celebrity son "Diaodou" are released on bail

Sun Hejia, the actual person in charge of Yanjie Auto Maintenance Factory, is suspected of colluding with 9 automobile material dealers and 12 property insurance company claims adjusters to fraudulently claim compensation from 13 property insurance companies by inflating maintenance fees and creating fake car accidents. It was initially estimated that the illegal gains were tens of millions of yuan. The Taipei District Prosecutor's Office yesterday directed the investigation bureau to search 19 locations and interview 29 people. After the prosecutor resumed the interview overnight, this morning he requested to detain Sun Hejia on suspicion of fraud, violation of insurance laws and other crimes.

Sun's wife, Liu Bixia, who is in charge of accounting, paid a bail of 3 million yuan. Internet celebrity "Diaodou" Sun Haolun and his other son Sun Haozhe each paid a bail of 1 million yuan. The accountant surnamed Zeng paid a bail of 500,000 yuan. The heads of nine material dealers paid a bail of 100,000 to 200,000 yuan each, and 12 claims adjusters from 10 property insurance companies paid a bail of 50,000 to 100,000 yuan each.

The investigation revealed that the Sun couple were suspected of taking advantage of vehicle accidents for repairs, cooperating with material suppliers to issue false invoices, exaggerating materials and maintenance costs, and were also suspected of deliberately creating fake car accidents to apply for claims; the claims adjuster involved acted as a mole, cooperating in the inspection and review process, allowing the insurance company to settle claims based on false documents.

After the claims are paid to the repair shop and the material supplier, the material supplier deducts its own profits and returns the overclaimed money in cash to Sun and his wife, who then distribute the feedback to the cooperating employees, material suppliers and claims adjusters. The prosecutor's investigation found that between 2020 and 2021 alone, there were thousands of suspected insurance frauds, with the amount of a single overstatement being more than hundreds of thousands of yuan. The illegal gains were initially estimated to be tens of millions of yuan, and 13 property insurance companies were affected.

After receiving the report and collecting evidence, the Taoyuan City Investigation Office reported to Zhuo Junmin, prosecutor of the Northern District Prosecutor's Office for Combating People's Livelihood Crimes, to direct the investigation. Yesterday, they searched 19 locations, including repair shops, material dealers, and the residences of the claim adjusters involved in the case. They notified Sun's husband and wife, son, daughter-in-law, company employees, material dealers, and claims adjusters to come to the case to trace the flow of fraudulent insurance money and the division of labor among each person.

Yanjie Auto is located on Songjiang Road, Zhongshan District, Taipei City. It started out as Wilderness Motors founded by Sun Hejia in 1995. It was engaged in the interior design and modification of leisure vehicles in the early days, and later expanded into the development of off-road vehicle kits. Since 2003, it has expanded to undertake repairs, sheet metal painting and insurance claims for European, American and Japanese cars, and also operates maintenance and warranty services for used cars.

Sun Haolun runs an auto repair self-media under the name "SUPER Short Bean". He calls himself a "positive energy worker" and shares content on repairs, maintenance and sheet metal. He has also launched a joint tool set. He has also been interviewed by the media and talked about the impact of rising oil prices on maintenance shops and car owners.