Surgeon Mutilates Leg for Insurance Fraud

A surgeon deliberately destroyed his own leg to collect insurance money and it actually worked for a while.

Neil Hopper was a respected vascular surgeon in Cornwall, England, living what seemed

like a perfect life. But behind closed doors, he was drowning in debt and desperate

for a way out. In 2013, he came up with the most twisted solution imaginable.

He used his medical knowledge to sabotage his own body. Hopper deliberately damaged the blood

vessels in his right leg, causing severe circulation problems