Taiwan man soaks feet in dry ice for 10 hours to con insurance firms, causing amputation
Zhang secures himself to chair with plastic straps to prevent pulling away if experience becomes unbearable
A man in Taiwan shocked the internet after attempting to defraud five insurance companies by immersing his feet in a bucket of dry ice for 10 hours, resulting in the amputation of both feet.
The man, surnamed Zhang, was an undergraduate student in Taipei at the time. Between 2005 and January 2023, he purchased multiple insurance policies from five different companies, covering eight types of insurance, including health, life, accident, long-term care, and travel insurance.
In 2023, in an attempt to claim insurance payouts, Zhang conspired with his former secondary school classmate, surnamed Liao.
On January 26, 2023, the two bought dry ice in New Taipei City and returned to Liao’s residence in Taipei’s Zhongshan District.
There, Zhang placed his bare feet into a bucket filled with dry ice, while Liao secured him to a chair with plastic straps to prevent him from pulling away if the process became too unbearable.
Zhang kept his feet in the dry ice from 2am until around noon – a total of 10 hours.