Insurance Planner Jailed in Arrhythmia Diagnosis Fraud Case Involving Coffee Tips

In Busan, an insurance planner who was brought to trial on charges of teaching clients how to receive false arrhythmia diagnoses at hospitals and helping them collect insurance money has been sentenced to prison. According to the original report, the planner allegedly gave clients specific instructions, including staying up all night before an examination and drinking three cups of coffee, to make an arrhythmia diagnosis more likely. The case shows how insurance products and medical diagnosis procedures can be abused in insurance claims. As the charge of helping customers receive payouts through diagnoses not based on actual illness was recognized, questions over insurance sales oversight and the reliability of medical diagnoses are again drawing attention. Source: cited from yna.co.kr.