current location: Sydney, Australia

Thursday, February 19, 2009

The highlight of my day today was participating in an insurance fraud sting. I noticed a guy riding the lift all day who seemed to be continually rolling his video camera. At the end of the day he sidled up to me, flashed an ID and asked if he could sit in my little hut to video some 'injured' conman riding the chairlift. Apparently, a team of insurance guys were assigned the case early in the morning and waited outside the conman's place to see what he'd get up to. They were caught a bit off guard (but were pretty stoked!) when the guy took off up the mountain with a friend. The insurance guy I met was the most capable skier, so the team threw together some gear and sent him up the mountain for the day. Needless to say he got some golden material. It was amusing to see the conman disapeering over the crest of a black diamond run. Apparently this guy was going to be up for over $200,000 if they successfully busted him...craziness! Who said being a lifty is boring?

1 comment:

Joe Smith said...

Pity the Joe post wasn't about me. was still good though... hehe!
the insurance sting story was some crazy business. thanks for sharing your amazing experiences.