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Re:Woman makes $420k by buying insurance on flights she pred... by dmurray on Monday June 15, 2020 @07:04AM (#23526059)
If you don't take the flights, I don't see why this would be illegal "when it comes to air travel". People book flights for other people or with fake names (as placeholders, for example, in a group booking) all the time. On the insurance side, it does sound like fraud.
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Re:Woman makes $420k by buying insurance on flights she pred... by astura on Monday June 15, 2020 @08:27AM (#23526581)
In general, knowingly and intentionally deceiving an insurance company for financial gain is fraud. The fact that somewhat similar behavior is not fraud in a completely different context is irrelevant to if the behavior is fraud in this context.

Intentions 100% matter when it comes to insurance fraud.

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