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This is the second episode of a two-part series about a case the FBI dubbed Operation

Side Swipe.

In the previous episode, we told you about what that was.

In short, a large group of people in New Orleans, drivers, passengers, and personal injury attorneys

conspired to stage dozens of collisions with tractor trailers on the interstate. Over the course

of eight or nine years, they collected millions in insurance payouts. A group of local

defense attorneys eventually realized what was going on and alerted the feds,

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