India, June 25 -- A Taiwan man has been sentenced to two years in prison for trying to defraud insurance companies of $1 million. The accused, identified as Zhang (last name), was given a suspended prison sentence by the Taiwan High Court on June 20, South China Morning Post reported. Meanwhile, Liao, the mastermind behind the plan, received a six-year sentence.

The court determined "Zhang had endured immense pain from self-inflicted harm," while Liao was named the mastermind behind everything. The incident goes back to 2023 when, in an attempt to claim insurance payouts, Zhang conspired with his former secondary school classmate Liao.

Zhang had purchased multiple insurance policies from five different companies, covering eight types of...