Insurance account handler turned fraudster caught after climbing Sydney Harbour Bridge
Lois Cartridge, an insurance account handler who exaggerated the severity of her whiplash claim while posting photos on Facebook of her climbing the Sydney Harbour Bridge, has received a suspended prison sentence.
Cartridge, who had a minor car accident in November 2018, claimed to have suffered whiplash injuries when she was a back seat passenger.
At the time, one of the other passengers reported that no-one
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