South Korea uncovers major health insurance scam
South Korea's financial regulators have uncovered the country's biggest insurance fraud, involving more than 1,300 people and three hospitals, the China Post reports.
The Financial Supervisory Service said that the scam was carried out by 1,361 people including 31 insurance workers.
Residents of the southern province of Gyeongsang posed as patients or exaggerated
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