A student persuaded by his friend to get his legs amputated for a $1.3 million insurance scam wound up getting only $7,200 that he now has to return: prosecutors.
A student in Taiwan had his legs amputated to claim $1.3 million in insurance payouts, prosecutors said.
The Criminal Investigation Bureau said the man soaked his feet for 10 hours in dry ice to get frostbite.
But the plan backfired when medical staff thought his injuries seemed suspicious, the bureau said.
A university student in Taiwan who had his legs amputated in hopes of receiving a $1.3 million insurance payout has been arrested on suspicion of fraud, local prosecutors say.
The 23-year-old, identified only by his last name, Zhang, plunged his feet in a bucket of dry ice for more than 10 hours to get them so badly frostbitten that he would need a double amputation, the Taiwan Criminal Investigation Bureau said in a Thursday release.
