Son Accused of Collecting Deceased Mother’s Pension for Years

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Son Accused of Collecting Deceased Mother's Pension for Years

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An Italian man has been referred for trial on charges of embezzlement and money laundering, accused of fraudulently receiving his deceased mother’s pension for a decade. The total amount of the alleged fraud is reported to be 248,000 euros. Authorities are investigating why the mother’s death was not electronically communicated to INPS, the Italian national social security institution.

This incident is not isolated, as Italy has seen several cases of individuals continuing to collect pensions of deceased relatives. In November 2025, a 56-year-old man from Borgo Virgilio, near Mantua, was investigated for allegedly impersonating his mother, Graziella Dall’Oglio, who died in 2022 at age 82. He reportedly disguised himself with a wig, makeup, and women’s clothing to renew her expired identity card, a process that requires in-person appearance in Italy. Suspicious registry office staff alerted police, who later found his mother’s mummified body in his home. The man, an unemployed former nurse, had allegedly been collecting her pension, amounting to approximately €53,000 annually, since her death. He faces charges including concealing a corpse, fraud against the state, impersonation, and forgery of a public document.

Other instances of pension fraud in Italy include a 2023 case in Verona where a man concealed his mother’s death for five years to collect her pension, and another in Puglia where a son hid his father’s body for a decade. State pension fraud is reportedly common in Italy, with dozens of arrests annually for impersonating deceased individuals to collect their pensions, partly due to delays in syncing death registries with public services.

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