Nepal has charged 32 people over a multi-million-dollar insurance scam involving fake helicopter rescues of trekkers, police said Thursday, a long-running racket that has cast a shadow over the country's vital tourism industry.
Everest guides accused of poisoning climbers in $20M scam: 32 people charged
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Fri 09:08 - La Repubblica (IT)
Everest, tourists poisoned by guides to defraud insurance companies: 32 people investigated
Fri 10:12 - ANSA Mondo
Media, 'guides poisoned climbers on Everest to defraud insurance companies'
Fri 15:42 - France 24
Everest guides caught up in $20 million fake rescue scam
Sat 09:27 - France 24
Everest guides accused of poisoning climbers in $20M scam: 32 people charged