COLUMBIA, S.C. — A Cayce man has been charged with insurance fraud after another man’s hand was chopped off.
Thirty-four-year-old Gerald B. Hardin faces six charges, including mail fraud for a 2008 incident in Sumter County where a man’s had was cut off with a pole saw.
Federal indictments state that Hardin and another person used a saw to intentionally cut off the hand of a third person in an insurance fraud scheme. The indictment says the men submitted claims under a homeowner’s insurance policy and three accidental death and dismemberment polices.
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It says the men received more than $670,000.
Hardin faces up to 20 years in prison and $250,000 in fines if he is convicted.
It was not clear if he has an attorney.
