EXOTIC AUTO DEALER SINKS A RARE CAR INTO THE WATER AND THEN FILES A FRAUDULENT INSURANCE CLAIM – HE WAS CAUGHT ON CAMERA
Selling exotic sports cars was Andy House’s profession. Sinking one for the insurance money was purely
amateur hour, when he was caught in the act on camera.
House drove a rare $1-million Bugatti Veyron into an East
Texas lagoon and then filed an inflated $2.2-million insurance claim.
Only 300 Veyrons were ever produced. Geared to reach more
than 250 mph, it is one of the world’s rarest street-legal sports cars. One
month prior to his ‘accident,’ House bought the car with a loan from a friend,
and then insured it for double the price as a collector’s car.
Another motorist saw House driving the Bugatti down the road
to the lagoon. Awed by the vehicle, he whipped out his cellphone in time to
capture House calmly steering the car into the water. The video went viral on
YouTube and became an online sensation.
House pleaded guilty to insurance fraud and faces up to 20
years in federal prison when sentenced.