Fraudster jailed after convincing high school pal to amputate his legs with dry ice in sick insurance scam

A SHAMELESS conman has been jailed after persuading his friend to freeze his own legs with dry ice so they could be chopped off in a sick insurance scam. Liao Jianfu, 26, talked his friend into deliberately maiming himself in a bid to pocket huge payouts. The twisted plot unfolded in Taipei, northern Taiwan, on…