US EditionItalian man dresses as dead mother in ruse to collect pension
A 57-year-old man impersonated his deceased mother to collect about €53,000 ($94,000) annually in pension payments before being caught by suspicious registry office staff.
- Arriving earlier this month at the registry office, Borgo Virgilio, Mantua, Lombardy, the 56-year-old son, an unemployed former nurse, posed as Graziella Dall'Oglio, prompting police to find her mummified remains at his home.
- Graziella Dall'Oglio died years ago at age 82, and investigators estimate the son pocketed approximately �53,000 annually from her pension payments and three houses.
- Registry office staff noticed anomalies—thick neck, masculine voice, and unusual hand skin—despite the son’s Mrs Doubtfire-style makeover, prompting photo comparisons that raised suspicion.
- Police officers set a trap and summoned the `mother`, then took the man into custody, searched his home where they found the corpse, sent it to the local mortuary for autopsy, and he remains remanded while prosecutors pursue charges.
- Guardia di Finanza records indicate pension fraud is common in Italy, with death registries and public services often unsynchronized; Francesco Aporti, Mayor of Borgo Virgilio, called the case very, very sad.
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Curious story from Italy: A son pretends to be his dead mother for years – now the fraud has been discovered.
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.
Wipe with a female haircut, excessive makeup, printed shirt, pearl necklace and classic clip earrings. So groomed, she looked like a completely normal older woman, but the devil is in the details. By analyzing her closely, cosmetics couldn’t hide a much younger male skin than she was trying to look like. Nor did the voice match that of an old woman who lacked a driver’s license and who came to the civil registry behind the wheel of her own vehic…
An Italian man has been arrested by police after being caught impersonating his late mother years ago in order to continue receiving her pension.
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