I guess you could say he got cold feet
A student persuaded by his friend to get his legs amputated for a $1.3 million insurance scam wound up getting only $7,200 that he now has to return: prosecutors
His friend urged him to soak his feet for 10 hours in a bucket of dry ice to get frostbite, per investigators.
But the plan backfired when medical staff thought his injuries seemed suspicious.
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