Anonymousabout 3 hours ago
Nepal's Central Investigation Bureau has charged 32 people in connection with a $19.69 million insurance fraud scheme in which trekking guides, helicopter operators, and hospital staff allegedly manufactured medical emergencies — in some cases by lacing tourists' food with baking soda — to trigger costly helicopter evacuations billed to international insurers. The investigation, spanning rescues conducted between 2022 and 2025, has exposed systemic corruption across Nepal's adventure tourism sector and revived scrutiny of reform promises left unfulfilled since the fraud was first documented in 2018.