Another guilty plea ‘Highway Robbery’ scheme [Video]

NEW ORLEANS — Another defendant has pleaded guilty in the federal case that exposed a long-running scheme in which people intentionally rammed 18-wheel trucks and faked injuries to collect insurance settlements based on bogus claims.

Antoine Clark, 34, became the 49th defendant to plead guilty out of 52 defendants in the sprawling and ongoing case. In a press release, the U.S. Attorney’s Office wrote that Clark and his co-defendants “filed a fraudulent lawsuit, lied during deposition testimony, and sought unnecessary medical treatment.”

Among the three defendants who are still awaiting trial is Ryan Harris, 35, charged with witness tampering through murder in the fatal shooting of Cornelius Garrison, an accused fellow scammer who was gunned down in a barrage of gunfire when he stepped out of his Gentilly apartment.

Harris’ …