Barnet man pocketed £30k in 45 bogus insurance claims for 'damaged' LG smart TVs
A man from Barnet has been sentenced after he made 45 bogus claims for damaged televisions. The man took out 87 home insurance policies and received over £30,000 for all his claims. Alfred Gallinelli, 36, took out the policies from November 2017 to July 2018, using false names to make the claims. He pocketed £31,590 after 26 of the claims were settled for accidental damage to a flat-screen television. After Gallinelli took out a home insurance policy in November 2017 he made his first claim in January 2018 to say that he dropped a TV and the insurer gave him a voucher to replace it. Then in March 2018, Gallinelli alleged that his wall-mounted TV set had fallen and broken several shelves, an iPhone and an iPad, which the insurer dealt with again, providing a replacement phone and another voucher. READ MORE: North London drug dealer rammed police car then hid underneath a lorry and pretended he wasn't the driver Gallinelli was sentenced at Inner London Crown Court...