Thread:Comments:English court jails policeman over insurance fraud/Comments from feedback form - "What is a "pseudotheft"? There..."

What is a "pseudotheft"? There are plenty of other words to use instead: incident, scheme (took place), deception; there's no need to invent a word, and especially not one so ugly. And what was the car worth, and how much would it have been insured for? Give us some idea what this man stood to gain.