Crooks cut their own car brake lights before stopping sharply at roundabouts - so helpless victims rammed them from behind.
The gang members then made hugely-insurance claims on the victims' policies.
They often invented whiplash injuries to fictional `passengers' and exaggerated the damage to their own cars. And hundreds of drivers across Greater Manchester and Lancashire fell victim to the `crash for cash' scam, police believe. The average claim was £20,000 per incident.
Twenty-five arrests have already taken place after a three-year probe - with more expected in coming weeks.
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