Hired someone to cut off his hands and feet to receive 3.5 billion VND in insurance money

From the report of a railway traffic accident, the police found clues to the case of hiring someone to cut off his arms and legs to get 3.5 billion VND in compensation.

On August 23, the Investigation Agency of Bac Tu Liem District Police (Hanoi) announced that it had just clarified the case of hiring someone to cut off hands and feet to profit from life insurance.

The place where authorities found Ms. Lan in an “accident”. Photo: Capital Security.

On the night of May 5, the police received a report of an accident at the Ha Dong - Phu Dien railway section, on the Bac Hong - Van Dien route, in Bac Tu Liem district. The victim was a 30-year-old woman, who had lost 1/3 of her left hand and 1/3 of her left foot, her hand and foot were severed.

The victim was taken to the 19/8 Hospital for emergency treatment and the doctors reconnected the severed parts. Four days later, the victim requested to be transferred to Viet Duc Hospital and the doctors there were forced to remove the severed body part due to the wound being necrotic...

Working with the police, the woman said her name was Lan, she was sad about family matters so she wandered around and was sucked into the train. When the train crushed her arms and legs, a young man passed by, Lan called for help and luckily escaped death.

However, during the investigation, the police determined that Ms. Lan and the young man who reported the incident knew each other. After more than 3 months of investigation, the police clarified that the accident did not happen, and that Lan had staged a scene in which her legs and arms were crushed by a train.

According to the woman, she had previously purchased three life insurance policies. Due to financial difficulties, Lan decided to self-harm to get the insurance payout.

Lan discussed with the young man she knew above and hired him to cut off her arms and legs. Accordingly, if the accident was real, Lan would receive a life insurance payment of about 3.5 billion VND.

According to the investigation agency, Lan has not received the insurance money so is not considered criminally responsible. Authorities believe that in many years, this is the first serious insurance fraud case in Vietnam.

*Character names have been changed

According to VNE