Mind Your Fingers
In an apparent attempt to collect on a 1 million Euro (US$1.17 million) disability insurance policy he had bought several months before, an unnamed 35-year-old man in St. Johan, Austria, put his hands on a railroad track and let a train run over them. The man, who designed false fingernails for a living, lost a thumb from one hand and two fingers from the other. He is on trial for insurance fraud, and if convicted will face up to 10 years in prison. (AP) ...Where maybe he can learn a new trade, such as designing false fingers.
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