He wanted his life insurance millions. A poor man in India had to die for this – from the bite of a cobra. A fraudster (54) faked his own death in India in order to steal five million dollars (4.5 million Swiss francs) from his American life insurance.
The 54-year-old had a poor man who looked like him killed with the bite of a cobra he had bought, as the “Indian Express” reported on Tuesday, citing the police.
The fraud was discovered after the life insurance company asked the local police to investigate.
Already faked his wife’s death
The police found out that people around the man gave contradicting information, it said. The officers also tracked his calls and realized that he was still alive and had previously pretended to be his own nephew when his alleged body was identified in the hospital.
The man and four accomplices were arrested. Life insurance had originally become skeptical because four years earlier he had already faked his wife’s death. (jmh / SDA)