Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-10-14 | Page 24 | Life Insurance Frauds Common

LIFE iNSURANCE fRAUDS COMMON Japanese e Employ Unique Schemes to Raise Money TOKIO Oct During 14 During this period of hard times In Japan many devious methods are being resorted to for the purpose of ot obtaining g money and among thos who are suffering the most are life insurance frauds being brought to r There haves have been several cases in which men insured their lives pol- pol them married new ones poisoned poi poi- th them m also and so on ad The extreme looseness of Japanese bonds make this process very easy and it seems to be becoming popular except possibly with the wives A few w days ago such a Bluebeard arrested wa arrested In Nagoya Just as he was was was' the premium on his fourth heavily insured wife A still more novel scheme Is that practiced In fn northern Japan Here the villagers ers have used Insurance companies companies companies com com- in fn order to obtain funds for village improvements When a villager was about to die they would give some lusty lad the dying mans man's papers and have him insured in the dying mans man's name and then gladly furnish the necessary evidence to complete the fraud