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Slovenian woman cuts off own hand in insurance fraud attempt

By 2020-09-14T07:09:00

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The culprit and her boyfriend were hoping for a €380,000 payout from life and injury insurance policies across five different insurers

A 22-year-old Slovenian woman has been sentenced to two years in prison for cutting off her own hand with a circular saw in order to make fraudulent insurance claims amounting to €380,000, reported the Metro.

Julija Adlesic was said to have staged the incident alongside three others – this includes her boyfriend, who has been jailed for three years for orchestrating the scam.

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