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Surgeon accused of LYING about why he had to amputate his own legs after $680,000 insurance claim
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4:38Now Playing49-year-old vascular surgeon Neil Hopper was once named the “bravest in Britain” – after being dealt a reportedly devastating medical diagnosis and forced to amputate both of his legs. But now, the once-celebrated surgeon from Cornwall, who performed hundreds of amputation operations of his own, is being hit with fraud charges – about why his own legs needed to be chopped off – after submitting two insurance claims totaling a whopping $680,000.
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