Oakland County Auto Insurance Ring

At least a dozen auto repair shops in Detroit and the suburbs have been running an auto insurance scam on their customers, according to Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox. The Attorney General says that the Oakland County residents accused of running the auto insurance ring brought in millions for themselves and sometimes their willing customers.

The accused enhanced collision damage to defraud auto insurance companies, and sometimes the customers were in on it as well. Other times they did it without the clients’ knowledge, damaging cars or stealing and replacing air bags so that they could claim more from the auto insurance company.

The ringleader of the group, Norman Dehko, faces 41 charges ranging from racketeering and forgery to auto insurance fraud. His bond was set at $500,000. His brother, Dickow Dehko, and his mother, Latifa Dehko, ad a friend, Fred Binnocqschmitt, are all charged with similar offenses.

Dickow Dehko faces 34 charges and has his bond set at $250,000; their mother’s is set at $100,000 and faces 17 charges; and Fred faces seven charges with a bond set at $50,00. The main shop for the auto insurance fraud was the Somerset Auto Shop on John R.

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