This guy literally dressed like his dead mom to get her $61,000 pension per year
The post shares a viral image comparison of an Italian man dressed as his late mother to fraudulently claim her €55,000 annual pension, amassing over 32,000 likes for its darkly humorous tone.
In 2022, the 56-year-old unemployed nurse hid his mother’s mummified body in their home while impersonating her with makeup and a wig to renew her ID, sustaining the deception for three years until discovered by authorities in November 2025.
The scheme highlights extreme benefit fraud tactics, with the man supplementing the pension via rental income from three properties, underscoring vulnerabilities in Italy’s elderly support systems.
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