Rescues and medical emergencies are commonplace on Mount Everest. In October of last year, more than 350 climbers were ...
An alleged $20 million insurance scam on Mount Everest saw climbers subjected to staged rescues and admitted to hospitals ...
The charge sheet for the Nepal helicopter rescue scammers contains hundreds of pages of evidence for insurance fraud--and ...
Climbing season is here on the world’s highest peak, and there’s already controversy, new technology, and historic adventures ...
Mount Everest looms large in the minds of thrill-seekers (and vertigo-havers). It also looms large in Everest, a 2015 ...
Nepal's Everest climbing season begins amidst a massive insurance fraud investigation. Authorities are probing a scheme ...
Guides poisoned terrified tourists, engineered fake helicopter evacuations and fabricated medical records in an extensive ...
Authorities say guides would fake emergencies to bill international insurance for helicopter rescues and treatment.
Nepal Police’s Central Investigation Bureau reportedly found the years-long scam generated thousands of dollars for the ...
Hima-liars. Mount Everest guides have allegedly been secretly lacing tourists’ food to trigger costly helicopter rescues as ...
You may have read a crazy headline or two about allegations of insurance fraud, false helicopter rescues, and (gasp) ...