2 Investigators: Authorities Cracking Down On Hail-Damage Scams

October 14, 2011 12:00 AM CHICAGO (CBS) — The next time a storm hits, watch out: You could be targeted in a home repair scam.

" A year-long investigation called “Operation Hail” has uncovered more than 70 cases of roofing and siding repair scams. Numerous companies are being investigated by the Illinois State Police and National Insurance Crime Bureau.

2 Investigator Dave Savini first began looking into one of the operations a year ago.

Using knuckles, fingers and other instruments to make dents is how phony storm damage is created, insurance-fraud investigators say. CBS 2, using a hidden camera, watched roofing and siding workers swarm a neighborhood after storms.

Cameras caught workers digging into roofs and pressing against siding, hoping to collect insurance money to repair the bogus hail damage.

One of the workers was Chris Skedd, who appeared to make dents with his thumb. The other was Heather Stebelton.

The two Blue Rose Restoration workers have been arrested in connection with Operation Hail.

More than 70 cases of fraud involving numerous companies are suspected in Illinois during just the last year "

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