The Insurance Corporation of B.C. has released its list of 2015’s biggest “hall of shame” fraudsters in hopes of drawing attention to an insurance issue that adds hundreds of dollars to the premiums of honest drivers.

ICBC says dishonest and fraudulent insurance claims total more than $600 million per year in B.C., and cost every driver more than $100 per year on their personal insurance policy.

Up to 20 per cent of auto insurance claims have an element of fraud or exaggeration, according to ICBC, with staged collisions and “jump-in schemes” a common occurrence.

The agency says it is ramping up efforts to catch fraudsters in the act in 2016, including adding enhanced fraud software that helps identify fraud patterns. It investigated 7,500 frauds in 2015.

Drivers convicted of insurance fraud face monetary penalties, asset seizures, denial of future insurance coverage and, in some cases, can prevent people from crossing the border.

From a man convicted of intentionally torching his own vehicle to a man crying wolf to get out of household chores, here are ICBC’s top fraud claims of last year.

Bus blues: After a bus struck a parked fire truck, the bus driver walked away to exchange insurance information with the other driver. When the bus driver returned to the bus, a man claimed he was a passenger and said he was injured in the collision. But surveillance footage gathered at the scene determined the man was never on the bus and was nowhere near it during the crash. The complainant was ordered to pay a fine and spend a night in jail.

Dirty dishes: After telling ICBC that his injuries from a crash were so severe he was unable to help his wife with simple household chores, investigators collected footage of the driver lifting heavy boxes of floor tiles at his work site. The man was convicted of fraud and fined $1,500.

Mom covers for sons: After an Audi was reported stolen from a woman’s office on Vancouver Island, the vehicle was later that same day in the Lower Mainland crashed into a chain link fence. The owner said her sons were the only people who had access to the vehicle, but both were at home at the time. But the ICBC investigation revealed phone records that pegged one of the sons at the crash scene, and the other son was caught on camera purchasing a ticket at a ferry terminal. The sons were convicted of providing false statements and the mother was fined $2,300. One son was sentenced to 90 days in jail after the probe revealed his license was suspended at the time of the crash.

Dash cam disclosure: A driver who said another car sideswiped him during a crash was proud to show investigators footage from his newly-installed dash cam. But the video captured something else: the man was actually riding shotgun and an unlicensed driver was behind the wheel. His claim was denied.

Double dipping: A driver who said her post-crash injuries were so severe she was unable to work was convicted with fraud after investigators say she was caught red-handed grossly exaggerating her injuries. After receiving an anonymous tip, an ICBC probe revealed the woman had been working since the crash, and was collecting paycheques from both ICBC and her employer. She was fined $1,750, banned from driving for one year.

Busted by his own car:  A Fraser Valley man’s stolen car claim was denied after he was busted by new technology in his new BMW. The man reported his BMW missing at 2 a.m. after waking up in the middle of the night, and told investigators he was asleep by 11 p.m. and his keys were not stolen. The car was found nearby, torched in a local park and completely destroyed. Investigators says that particular car model records each time the owner’s key fob is used, and his fob was used just after midnight that evening.