Prosecutions for scuttling/insurance scams?

[Ric]

Does anybody know any hard information about any successful prosecutions of owners who have scuttled their boats to scam their insurance?

I have heard and read of investigations, but never actually seen a prosecution.

 

[jordanbasset]

Probably a bit bigger than you were thinking of but a couple here
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...al-sink-yacht-collect-3m-insurance-money.html
http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2012/05/10/247100.htm

Smaller boat here, although not sure what happened re prosecution but it does say 'Evidence to prosecute insurance fraud—or even deny a claim—also can be hard to obtain. Sending down a sub can be too expensive or even impossible in deep
water, and so many deliberate wrecks are never found.'
http://www.insurancefraud.org/downloads/FF-Summer2007.pdf

 

[Sybarite]

Does anybody know any hard information about any successful prosecutions of owners who have scuttled their boats to scam their insurance?

I have heard and read of investigations, but never actually seen a prosecution.

Boat hard to sell is it?