Fugitive engineered R4.5m insurance scam, alleges doctor

The report says that documents and affidavits reveal that Liberty Life paid R4 579 600 to Krejcir in July last year after pathologists' reports confirmed the presence of secondary stage cancerous cells in a bladder biopsy submitted for testing by his doctor. Discovery Healthcare also suffered R250 000 in losses as a result of the scam, documents state. But, says the report, in a dramatic development yesterday, Krejcir's doctor, Marian Tupy, entered into a plea-bargain agreement with the National Prosecuting Authority and agreed to testify that his diagnosis was fraudulent and that he 'swapped the samples of a person that was known by me to have cancer, with samples of Krejcir, thereby indicating that Krejcir was sick'. In terms of the agreement, Tupy pleaded guilty in the Wynberg Regional Court to the charge of fraud and was sentenced to seven years imprisonment, suspended for five years. Krejcir, a fugitive from the Czech Republic, is currently applying for asylum, arguing that he is the victim of a political conspiracy in his home country. According to an affidavit deposed by Tupy, Krejcir initially intended to use the false cancer diagnosis to obtain a presidential pardon from the Czech President. Krejcir has previously scoffed at suggestions that he was 'some big mafia boss from the Eastern Bloc' and said he had 'absolutely nothing to hide'. Fulll report on the News24 site