Germany – Insurance Fraud: One Hand for Millions

2021-03-01T07:09:24+01:00

In order to claim a sum insured in the millions, a man had his hand deliberately cut off by a train. How could the court not believe the claimant’s version of the accident? A 45-year-old man was sentenced to two and a half years in prison for fraud in the Dortmund / Germany district court. The judges considered it as proven that the defendant was trying to collect millions by committing insurance fraud. Crocodile and nail boards As the WDR television reports, the claimant was a professional player who had insured his hand with various accident insurance companies for around six [...]