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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) ? 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.

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.

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So hes given 670,000 but only has to pay back 250,000 lol

i doubt they are able to keep the 670,000 as it was obtained through a criminal offence... the 250,000 is likely on top of the 670,000 plus UP TO 20 years in jail...

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