This man destroyed a $1 million car on PURPOSE Andy House bought a Bugatti Veyron for $1 million and insured it for $2.2 million A few days later he drove it straight into the ocean near Texas Left the engine running so saltwater would destroy every part of it... A random driver happened to be filming because he'd never seen a Bugatti in person The video shows him driving straight into the water No swerving, no braking, nothing His excuse: a "low flying pelican" scared him but there wasn't a single pelican in sight The video hit YouTube with over 5 million views Investigators watched it and charged him with insurance fraud He tried to turn a $1 million car into a $2.2 million check and the only reason he failed is because someone never saw a Bugatti in his lifeshow more

That pelican excuse is legendary levels of bad lying

Bro could have handled it better

I haven't seen a Bugatti in person either to be fair.

That's not the point ffs

@DaveTradesX Do you know where I can see a Bugatti in person?

@voided Great question. I wish I could tell you.

This is wrong on so many levels Throw his ass in jail

And whoever it is that was on camera duty

@Hawk5510 You clearly didn't read the post, did you?

@voided I did read it. My initial reply, I did not know he was prosecuted. I’m tired now and really don’t care about some asshole destroying a beautiful car 10 yrs ago b/c he’s a spoiled, entitled tool. This is X, not my irl job. It’s supposed to be fun. Goodnight

@AaronBerg7 @voided Nah you didn’t read or lack comprehension skills

@Hawk5510 @AaronBerg7 @voided The problem here was that Aaron did not get Voided's joke, probably thinking that Voided assumed the camera person was in on the grift, rather than grousing about the cameraperson's inability to keep their phone steady.

@TAKEOVER_Van @AaronBerg7 @voided Thanks Seth. Some ppl became a bit too invested for my taste 😂

guy really thought no one would check the footage lol

Why was a random dude recording me ? I'm definitely suing

This is an insane twist

Didn't quite turn out as expected

He only got a year. He must know people.

That pelican story still wild to this day 😭

It's hard to believe though 'cause I'm taking the camera man down with me

He tried though 😊😊

@Nok1a_Mania77 You've gotta give him his flowers

“Pretty sure that’s a lambo dude”

This is straight out of a movie bro. I can't believe someone would actually drive a Bugatti into the ocean for a check 👀

$1.2 million is kinda a big deal though

That's true

retarted

2009 Texas insurance fraud hall of fame: Buy Bugatti for $1M → insure for $2.2M → drive straight into Galveston Bay a month later (no swerve, no brake, engine running). Claim: 'low-flying pelican'. Reality: bystander filming the rare car because he'd never seen one. Video goes mega-viral. House pleads guilty, gets prison time. And yes the car was salvaged and brought back to life by dedicated owners. Absolute cinema.

In other words, if he did the same thing, a minute earlier, or a minute later, his scam would've worked.....

i’ve always believed that if you’re committing wrong behavior in life, you’ll eventually run into the 0.0001% chance of something crazy happening that gets you caught

Insurance company should give the camera man a Bugatti Veyron.

"the only reason he failed is because someone never saw a Bugatti in his life" is an incredible sentence because it means the man's entire scheme collapsed due to the rarity of his own vehicle. if he'd done this with a BMW nobody would have been filming. he picked the one car on earth that guarantees bystander documentation. the optimal car for insurance fraud is one nobody looks twice at. he chose the most conspicuous object on any road. the crime was sophisticated. the vehicle selection was catastrophically stupid

The only bugatti i’ve ever seen was in LA in 2013, it was in the same spot where you can get it in gta v

Wow😂 unfortunate

He's gonna be kicking his luck right now

Just cus it’s insured for two doesn’t mean they pay 2 million they might pay maybe what it’s listed resale value is .. if he’s lucky

I never heard of an insurance company paying out more than the object is worth regardless of how much it’s insured for. All else aside they can just replace it for him.

Why would insurance company underwrite $2.2 on a $1 mm car? Seems like obvious moral hazard.

bro discovered a money glitch but got got 😂😂

That plan was wrong for so many reasons

The guy ended up with a one year prison sentence and the Bugatti was refurbished by a youtuber ABC News

It also doesn’t make sense to be able to insure something for more than it’s worth. Not how insurance works.

Welcome to the new world where there are cameras anywhere... In fact on $2.2 million dollar claim i am surprised there are no satellites in space capable to check this... 😂😂😂

When he realized someone was filming

@mik61scot The car was eventually rebuilt and put back on the road.

So obvious 😂

He could have pulled it off bar the random guy filming

Insurance fraud with cinematic direction is a wild genre.

i’ve never heard of being able to insure a car for whatever value you want. I always thought if car was totaled you were basically reimbursed for whatever the value of the car was at the time of the crash.

I don't know if this is true but the insurance company should be suspicious if you insure something for more than it is worth. In fact they shouldn't let you. Sure they would charge more of a premium but it would be suspicious.

And then Houston here in Las Vegas bought this car and restored it and put the license plate on it that says "SCUBA" lol

Why would they insure a car for 2x value?

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