Because of just 160,000 euros Vietnamese can be amputated hand and foot

Tried insurance fraud: Vietnamesin had her hand and foot amputated
For many people, there is nothing worse than the idea of ​​losing limbs in accidents. A woman in Vietnam apparently had fewer concerns. She had her hand and foot amputated - apparently to cheat on her insurance.

Possible causes of amputation
An amputation is usually a severe stroke of fate and changes the lives of those affected radically. As stated on the website of the charitable organization "MyHandicap", amputation can have three possible causes: a surgical procedure because the affected part of the body can not be preserved or recovered, the result of an accident or, in some countries, punishment for one criminal offense.

Insurance fraud is not mentioned by the experts. But that was obviously the reason for a woman in Vietnam to have her hand and foot amputated.

According to media reports, a Vietnamese woman had her foot and hand amputated because she wanted to raise money that way. The attempted insurance fraud flew up. (Image: Alphonse Mc Clouds / fotolia.com)

Woman had her hand and foot amputated
As Vietnamese media citing the police report, a 30-year-old Vietnamese wanted after an alleged railway accident converted almost 160,000 euros from the insurance. The woman stated several months ago that she had been carried away by a train and lost her left hand and left foot. The police, however, assume an insurance fraud.

It is said that a helper of the 30-year-olds have amputated the body parts. According to the information, the woman had demanded from the insurance company four billion dong (about 158,000 euros) compensation. The newspaper "Thanh Nien" called financial problems as a possible motive.

Intentionally sawed off two fingers
In Germany, an insurance specialist was sentenced to probation about two years ago because he was purposely amputated with a circular saw thumb and forefinger of the left hand to bounce his accident insurance. The district court of Norderstedt (Kreis Segeberg) imposed a suspended sentence of one year and ten months. (Ad)