Claimed and Shamed

Season 8, Episode 5

Episode Title: Episode 5

Air Date: 2016-11-04

Overview:

The Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department are the on the hunt for a gang of fraudsters attempting to scam thousands of pounds out of insurance companies using a broken down ice cream van, a prisoner hasn't learnt any lessons in good behaviour as she tries to lie her way to an insurance payout, and a traveller's harrowing account of being attacked and robbed at gunpoint whilst travelling in Tanzania turns out to be a total fabrication. Also, an insurance company cries 'foul' when social media exposes a footballer's attempts to kick-off a fraudulent personal injury claim, and an American woman's evil plan to cash in on her husband's million-dollar life insurance policy is thwarted thanks to some extraordinary hidden camera footage.