CHINA / Taiwan, HK, Macao |
Four convicted in eye-loss insurance scam in HK(China Daily)Updated: 2007-01-16 08:56 A former Hong Kong insurance agent and three mainlanders pleaded guilty last Thursday to an insurance scam in which the mainlanders had their eyes injured to claim compensation. Kwok Wah-cheong, the agent and mastermind of the scam, promised mainlanders HK$200,000 ($25,650) if they each would have one eye blinded and come to Hong Kong to file claims with false identity documents. They filed insurance claims totaling HK$23.68 million ($3.04 million), including HK$8.55 million ($1.1 million) already paid out. Now Kwok will testify against three other organizers of the scam. (Wen Wei Po) |
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