US EditionItalian man dresses as dead mother in ruse to collect pension
A man in Borgo Virgilio collected about €53,000 annually in pension and property income by impersonating his deceased mother for three years, until registry staff grew suspicious.
- An Italian man dressed as his deceased mother, wearing feminine clothing and makeup, to renew her ID and collect her pension for three years after her death.
- The man, an unemployed former nurse, collected around €53,000 in pension benefits by impersonating his late mother, Graziella Dall'Oglio.
- When authorities searched the man's home, they found the mummified body of his mother, wrapped in bedsheets and a sleeping bag.
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Italian man accused of dressing up as his dead mom to claim her pension
It was the dark hair on the back of the neck, hands and chin of the elderly woman renewing her identity card that first tipped off authorities to an alleged crime and led to the arrest of a 57-year-old man in northern Italy.
An Italian man has been arrested by police after being caught impersonating his late mother years ago in order to continue receiving her pension.
The authorities noticed for the first time an alleged crime by noting the dark hair on the neck, hands and chin of the old woman who was trying to renew her identity card. That suspicion led to the arrest of a 57-year-old man in northern Italy. The man, whose name has not been revealed by the authorities, is the son of Graziella Dall’Oglio, who died in 2022 at the age of 82 in Borgo Virgilio, near the city of Mantua, as reported to CNN by a spok…
A man pretends to be his dead mother in Italy to collect her pension.
By Barbie Latza Nadeau and Jack Guy, CNN. Authorities first became aware of a suspected crime when they noticed dark hair on the back of the neck, hands, and chin of an elderly woman trying to renew her identity document. That suspicion led to the arrest of a 57-year-old man in northern Italy. The man, whose name has not been released by authorities, is the son of Graziella Dall’Oglio, who died in 2022 at the age of 82 in Borgo Virgilio, near th…
By Barbie Latza Nadeau and Jack Guy, CNN. Authorities first became aware of a suspected crime when they noticed dark hair on the back of the neck, hands, and chin of an elderly woman trying to renew her identity document. That suspicion led to the arrest of a 57-year-old man in northern Italy. The man, whose name has not been released by authorities, is the son of Graziella Dall’Oglio, who died in 2022 at the age of 82 in Borgo Virgilio, near th…
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