MS-13’s sick lawsuit scam is enabled by a perfect storm of bad NY laws
NY Post
The Sunday Post’s report on how a vile cast of villains — Russian and MS-13 gangsters, plus slimy surgeons, lawyers and lenders — pressure migrants, the homeless and other vulnerable New Yorkers to undergo unnecessary surgeries to bolster bogus lawsuits is a tale right out of a twisted horror film.
It’s only possible thanks to a perfect storm of government incompetence and progressive policies.
The scam goes like this: MS-13 members recruit “victims,” then coach them on how to fake an accident on a street or worksite.
Post-“accident,” the pawns get whisked to a seedy lawyer, who walks them through the process of filing a lawsuit.
They’re then passed along to a doctor who performs risky and life-altering surgeries, like spinal fusion, that injure the soon-to-be plaintiff further and increase the possible payout for everyone up the line.
Meanwhile, third-party “litigation lenders” (a skeevy cottage industry New York lawmakers refuse to regulate), some of them suspected Russian gangsters, cover medical costs and more during lawsuits, while charging plaintiffs sky-high interest rates.
