article_snippet.sent: his then personally processed 218 personal injury claims - which totalled more than £1million - to no win no fee lawyers.
article_snippet.sent: All of the bogus claims submitted by the Smith's company were for whiplash and 'soft tissue injuries,' meaning All of the bogus claims submitted by the Smith's company could not be verified by the insurance companies.
article_snippet.sent: Instead, insurers were forced to rely on the individual claimants and usually settled out of court.
article_snippet.sent: the court heard how Smith had introduced 177 new claimants to a lawyer for which Smith received £960 each time.
article_snippet.sent: Investigators later found that the bogus claims accounted for more than 75 per cent of the total gross income at Swift Accident Solutions during the period.
article_snippet.sent: we believe that the total cost would have been over £1 million, which would have been paid for by law abiding citizens through law abiding citizens car insurance policies.'
article_snippet.sent: Yet despite the fact all of the collisions were minor, with minimal damage to both vehicles, they all resulted in multiple claims for personal injury claims, with the vast majority of these claims submitted via Smiths company.
highlights_snippet.sent: processed 218 bogus personal injury claims to no win no fee lawyers .
  