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bassexpander
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
Location: Someplace you'd rather be.
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 Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 6:46 am Post subject: Insurance scams on the rise |
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http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2009/12/117_58232.html
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A man was arrested Tuesday for having "faked" his death in a conspiracy with his wife in order to claim a 1.8 billion won insurance payout.
The two not only fabricated the death certificate but held a cremation rite as a funeral at a Buddhist temple.
According to the Nadaemun Police, the 51-year-old Chung reported the death of her 51-year-old husband Ahn in June to six insurance firms from which they had bought life insurance policies........
Not just life insurance firms but also auto insurance firms are facing a great number of scams, which some say are a result of the difficult economic situation.
In some cases, people have faked injuries after intentionally being running into cars in an effort to squeeze money from insurance firms. |
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kiknkorea
Joined: 16 May 2008
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Pretty typical stuff.
I remember reading a story a while back about all the people in hospitals who go for walks outside in their gowns.
They'll go have a few smokes, eat with friends, hang out in coffee shops, etc.
Of course most are accident 'victims' who are just spending a little time in the hospital so they can get some money. |
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Forever
Joined: 12 Nov 2009
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| people have faked injuries after intentionally being running into cars in an effort to squeeze money from insurance firms. |
That happens a lot, also getting into fights with foreigners deliberately to get "blood money".
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I remember reading a story a while back about all the people in hospitals who go for walks outside in their gowns.
They'll go have a few smokes, eat with friends, hang out in coffee shops, etc. |
Don't need to read about it, you can see them everyday sitting at shops outside most hospitals.
I always think it is so strange to see grown adults wearing their hospital pajamas outside on a footpath on a major (busy) street. Don't they have any shame? |
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BoholDiver
Joined: 03 Oct 2009
Location: Canada
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2 of my adult students told me straight up in class that they faked injuries to get insurance money. They were proud of themselves for it too.
They each stayed 2 weeks in a hospital for a rear-ender. |
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