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We Found Insurance Fraud in Our Crash Data


April 22, 2025 When we set out to build geospatial risk scores for vehicle crashes at Matrisk AI, we never expected that a side by side look at Vehicle Identification Numbers and crash timelines would hint at possible insurance fraud. But data sometimes surprises you.

Some years ago, a police officer casually told me, “You should get a dashcam, insurance fraud is common around here.” His offhand comment stuck with me, but life moved on. It’s not ironclad evidence of fraud, but seeing multiple carriers handle the same VIN in a tight window definitely raised some eyebrows. We think there’s value in showing how simple VIN analysis, layered with location and insurer data, can highlight “risky” patterns early on.

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