Analysis of 12 Autopsy Cases related with Insurance Money.
- Author:
Youn Shin KIM
1
;
Han Young LEE
;
Kyung Moo YANG
;
Il Hoon KWON
;
Ho LEE
;
Moon il PARK
;
Dae Joong KIM
;
Jung Woo PARK
;
Cheul Ho CHOI
;
Joon Ho LEE
;
Won Tae LEE
Author Information
1. Forensic Medicine Department, National Institute of Scientific Investigation, Jangseong, Korea. ysk007@nisi.go.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Life insurance crime;
autopsy
- MeSH:
Automobiles;
Autopsy;
Compensation and Redress;
Crime;
Forensic Medicine;
Humans;
Insurance;
Insurance, Life;
Korea
- From:Korean Journal of Legal Medicine
2008;32(1):13-23
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Life insurance has been developed in means of providing economic compensation for unexpected accidental losses. As the insurance industry of Korea grows along with improvement of economic state, the life insurance crime has now appeared as an increasing social issue. The studies on the life insurance crime in Korea have been barely done with the viewpoint of forensic medicine and science. An understanding of insurance crime cases may be fundamental to develop the system to uncover or prevent it. The authors examined the definition of life insurance crime and twelve cases of insurance money related death investigated by postmortem examination through autopsy file of WDO, NISI in Korea. This article analyzes twelve autopsy cases related with insurance money, even though some cases have no proven investigative evidence or court ruling. A feature found in the cases is that it has the tendency of occurring among family members. Other characteristic is that automobiles are exploited with elaborately planned crime plots. To achieve an efficient prevention method for cutting down these insurance crimes, active government's engagement, assiduous operation of investigation authorities, insurance company's co-effort, and good information exchange system should be worked cooperatively.
