In Italy, a man hid his mother's remains in his basement for three years and received a pension instead. How write Corriere della Sera, for this he wore her clothes and painted his lips.
The fraudster was exposed by the registration office staff. In 2025, the woman was asked to come to the department to confirm her identity. Her son wanted to continue receiving money from the state, so he decided to impersonate her. To do this, the man puts on a wig, the deceased's dress and earrings, and also puts on makeup and paints his nails with varnish.
Seeing this, the registry office staff suspected something was wrong. After the disguised man left, they called the police. They studied surveillance cameras and noticed that the “woman” had arrived at the registry office in a car, even though she did not have a driver's license. Another summons was sent to the Italian woman asking her to appear at the registry office.
The 57-year-old man also went to the police in the same image. He was quickly exposed. Police then searched his house and found a woman's mummy. According to an autopsy, the woman died in 2022 of natural causes. The investigation is ongoing.
Previously, it was reported that in Greece, a woman buried her mother in a stable to continue receiving her pension. The criminal first told the neighbors that her mother was sleeping or tired, then began talking about her moving to a nursing home with her sister.
