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Norwich man admits to role in staging car crashes

NEW HAVEN  — A Norwich man who authorities say conspired to stage about 50 car crashes in an insurance scheme has pleaded guilty to a federal charge. Carlins Ca...
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NEW HAVEN  — A Norwich man who authorities say conspired to stage about 50 car crashes in an insurance scheme has pleaded guilty to a federal charge.

Carlins Calixte of Norwich entered the plea Thursday in New Haven to conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud. He faces up to 20 years in prison when he’s sentenced Sept. 30.

Federal authorities say 32-year-old Calixte and others conspired to stage car crashes in Connecticut to fraudulently collect insurance money between 2011 and 2014. Many of the crashes were single-car incidents on remote roads with no witnesses other than the occupants of the crashed vehicle.

Authorities say the defendants filed fraudulent property damage and injury claims with different car insurance companies. They then collected payouts ranging from about $10,000 to $30,000 per incident.

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