Man Charged With Chopping Off Friend’s Hand For Insurance Money

February 24, 2012 10:24 AM

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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A Cayce man has been charged with insurance fraud after another man’s hand was chopped off.

Thirty-four-year-old Gerald B. Hardin faces six charges, including mail fraud for a 2008 incident in Sumter County where a man’s had was cut off with a pole saw.

Federal indictments state that Hardin and another person used a saw to intentionally cut off the hand of a third person in an insurance fraud scheme. The indictment says the men submitted claims under a homeowner’s insurance policy and three accidental death and dismemberment polices.

It says the men received more than $670,000.

Hardin faces up to 20 years in prison and $250,000 in fines if he is convicted.

It was not clear if he has an attorney.

Man Charged With Chopping Off Friends Hand For Insurance Money

George Johnson

The hand of justice will smite you!!

Scarf

Let’s all give these buffoons a hand. Ya gotta give them a hand for the scheme. Sounds like they all had a hand in the idea. This was hands down the best story in the last 3 seconds. I guess the victim won’t be coming to you with hat in hand. In this case, a bird in hand won’t be better than 2 in the bush. One wonders who else had a hand in this caper. I’m washing my hands of this whole affair.

Mongo The Mental

So when they put the handcuffs on him ….. he slipped away … police are still baffled.
Darren

I’ll give you a hand for that one, altough you were a bit out of hand.
Sez

Amazing what people are coming up with now days for some extra bucks.
We know times are tough, but losing a hand… wow thats a little steep.

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CLG

Free hand jobs with pay. Only in America.
Brian

On the other hand…. oh wait.
george

When you need a mid-day uplift, news stories like this come in handy.
Handy Man Andy

I have to hand it to CBS and the people who cracked this case. Handing over such a group of criminals who so handily defrauded these insurance companies deserves a round of applause. I wonder if any lawyer will give this man a hand in defending himself. Because if this guy were to win this case, he would probably be getting hand outs from the government. A public defender will really come in handy now that he can’t work at that manual labor hands on job he had.

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ChopOffThis

Just another made up story after the coup d’etat and cover up.

The next election is shaping up to be as big of a sham as the last. Do you know why Sarah Palin’s bus tour was really canceled? Do you know why she stayed 30 miles away from the second debate and chose the death of Steve Jobs to announce that she’s not running? Know what leaked out? Sarah Palin and Cain aren’t in the race for the same reason, the truth leaked out.
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A.L.

Hey scarf, i will give you a hand on that comment.looks like you have every thing in hand!!
ImaHippyBurning

@ Mongo. That was special! I spit my cornflakes all over the screen! LOL
‘Nother-Son-’O-Ursus

Re: “I’m washing my hands of this whole affair…”
I was reminded of Pontius – Pilate, hand’s, a-wash…
Had a chat w/ Jesus the other day…
He’s usually very physically expressive, (‘arms and hands flailing’; you know what I mean?), but NOT this time…like the sign, (‘INRI’), says, I’m Nailed Right In!”
BTW: Today’s secret word is: “Smolensk”; Say the secret word 3,000 times at the men’s room, 2nd. Urinal on the left and receive a lotto-ticket worth almost as much as the dollar you paid for it!

Al Koholic

Hey Bill! Give me a hand over here will you. Looks like your hands are full, will you lend me a hand? You gotta hand it to them. Let’s put our hands together for this caper. That insurance money will sure come in handy. Who thinks this is newsworthy? Let me see your hands! Good job Gerald, let’s shake hands, er, other hand.
Jerry

I thought it was a muslim caught stealing
.nancy

Read a book called A PRAYER FOR OWEN MEANY..same premise
hicks

his hand-offs put Tom Brady to shame.
hicks

Remember Allstates motto.. Your in good hands?
Looking for logic

But abortion is legal…………
George

Off hand, I’d say it was pretty cleaver of them to dream up this scheme

JHB

George Johnson

Hahahah…. The long arm of the law??
George Johnson

I wonder…. who else had a hand in this….
George Johnson

Good job fellas!! Give yourselves a hand!!!
George Johnson

I have some stuff that needs to be cut, I wonder if they can lend a hand!!!
George Johnson

These guys were just down on their luck, somebody should give them a HAND UP!!!

Darren

George, you’re really geeting out of hand.

George Johnson

At least they weren’t looking for a hand OUT!!

Matt C

….but they were

Julie

They were just practicing for when Sharia Law comes to the U.S. !
dd

if they cut off his leg, he woulldn’t have a leg to stand on in a lawsuit or insurance clain

Joe Biden

and he could get a job at IHOP and change his name to Ileane

Jennifer

If they only have to pay $250K, then they are still ahead by 420K. Looks like it paid off…

DanCalgary

Then again, you can count their profits on one hand.

Dave

Get a grip people!!! I wonder who fingered the perps?
Dutra

Proofread. Proofread. Proofread.

…a man’s had was cut off with a pole saw…

Matthew Barchers

Oh, lighten up. 122 words, 1 misspelling. 99.9% is darn good, especially for a copy-pasted AP wire article.

Calling out the misspelling in an attempt to help the publisher correct their mistake is fine, but saying “Proofread. Proofread. Proofread.” smacks of “Ah ha! They made a mistake! I’m BETTER and SMARTER than them, and I MUST make that known!” Do you always repeat your points three times? Three times? Three times?!

Hey, that is pretty effective.

Effective.

Effective.

Jolie

LOL…that is funny.
MadMathMan

It’s more like 99.18%. 99.9% means one misspelling in 1000 words.
Billa

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Bob

Sheesh…if I was part of a hand-lopping conspiracy I don’t think I’d go along with the whole pole-saw method. MAN that would hurt, and there’s got to be a dozen ways to do it faster. Of course, we’re not talking Einstein-stock here….

Andrew P.

I would have gone the ninja route.. That can’t be too bad.

soflodoug

Im sure the victim was very hand some.

george

Well, not after he got man-hand-led.

Rick O’Shea

A hand job by your best friend, how good does it get?
Bernie Bouck

What IS ” the sound of one hand clapping “?

george

If a one-handed person claps deep in the woods, does it make a sound?

alan

I can see the discussion now. So you guys will cut my hand off, drive me to the hospital and then we split the insurance money? OK, good idea. Lets do it.

DanCalgary

Maybe they said, “We’ll cut off your left hand, so you’ll be all right.”
Brian

Yeah seriously, if you had your hand cut off for this, would you share the proceeds with your pals? No effing way!

george

If you try to grab the proceeds away from the other two, you’re going to be shorthanded.

Midge Martin

Degenerates.

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DanCalgary

Typical thief: “Hand over the cash.”

This guy: “Cash over the hand.”
Edwin Buck

This is nothing new. In the 70′s, a California man paid someone to cut his foot off for insurance. He drugged himself completely and the other man he paid $10,000 to cut off his foot. After the foot was cut off, and the $10,000 paid to the man, the man that cut off the foot spent the money, then turned the man in for insurance fraud. Oh the man with one foot was imprisoned for 15 yrs,

DanCalgary

At least he had one foot outside of prison the entire time.

george

Now, let’s not start in with all kinds of heavy-footed comments.

Danielle

Always looking for a hand out!
Ohmylumbago

A hand job gone horribly wrong.

DanCalgary

Definitely not a happy ending.

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GrandPa

“… sounds like I good plan… let’s shake-hands to seal-the-deal!”
http://www.pocketfives.com/f13/how-much-lose-your-hand-659461/#post6770643 How Much To Lose Your Hand?

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craigmk1974

Wow, it’s crazy how some people will give an arm and a leg to cash in on an insurance claim.