Five New Yorkers Arrested For Fraudulently Staging Slip And Fall Accidents And Receiving Over $31,000,000 In Damages.

Five lifelong New Yorkers reportedly developed a plan whereby they would stage slip and fall accidents in local businesses throughout the New York City area. At each business, one of the fakers would slip and fall and then claim to have been injured in the accident.  The scheme ultimately defrauded insurance companies upwards of $31 million in payouts for injuries that were faked. The five men; Peter Kalkanis, Bryan Duncan, Kerry Gordon and Ryan Rainford, all of Queens, New York, and Robert Locust, of Brooklyn, New York have now been arrested, Kalkanis is believed to have been the head of the group. As a former chiropractor, it is believed that he was responsible for planning how each accident was supposed to look and be carried out. In several cases, he was the doctor visited to treat the injuries.

The five defendants have been indicted on charges alleging that they have been faking these slip and fall accidents since 2013. According to documents released by the courts, it is believed that, while these five persons may have been charged, they were not alone and had recruited different individuals to help. Once an accident had been staged, the “victim” was then told to get into contact with a specific attorney who filed the lawsuits on behalf of each such “victim.” It is alleged that this scheme was so fraudulent that several of the victims never even fell.

Mr. Kalkanis was the person ultimately responsible for making sure that each of his co-defendants were paid and determined how much each would receive based on their recruit. He also was the one responsible for organizing where the “victims” would receive their legal advice and make their medical appointments.

While there are those who would fraudulently abuse slip and fall injury lawsuits, they are more often than not in the minority. Real injured victims need legal remedies as a way to begin recovering from their injuries. If you have accidentally slipped or fallen, and been injured due to the negligence of someone else, then you may be entitled to substantial compensation. So please contact one of our expert slip and fall lawyers here at the Law Offices of Gilbert R. Hoy, Jr. and Affiliates. Please call 617-787-3700 or email us at info@gilhoylaw.com. Your needs are our top priority!

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