Man faked his death, flee to Europe with $375K out of his insurance policy

A man has taken drastic steps to escape his own family and secretly travel to a European country.

The young man reportedly faked his death so he could leave his family behind and move abroad. He is said to have funded the trip with $375,000 taken from his insurance.

According to The New York Times, authorities spent weeks searching a lake in Wisconsin for his body.

Investigators later discovered that he had transferred money into a foreign bank account and had been communicating with a woman in Uzbekistan.

The man, identified as Mr. Borgwardt, 45, a husband and father of three from Watertown, Wisconsin, was declared missing on August 12.

His disappearance was reported after he went fishing alone in his kayak on Green Lake, located about 65 miles southwest of Green Bay, according to Green Lake County Sheriff Mark A. Podoll…CONTINUE MORE READING>>>