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New Orleans attorneys accused of staging vehicle accidents in fraud scheme

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The 10 -count indictment brings the total number of defendants charged to 63 in the federal probe into allegations of staged auto collisions dubbed 'Operation Sideswipe' Ryan J. Harris , 36 , of New Orleans , has also been charged with witness tampering through murder, retaliation against a witness through murder and causing death through the use of a firearm.

The complex system, beginning in 2011 , involved people allegedly crashing vehicles into 18 -wheelers and then fleeing while passengers in those vehicles pretended to be the drivers and lying about what happened.

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