Nuoro: To collect his pension, he pretends his mother, who died 13 years ago, is still alive.

She allegedly continued to receive her deceased mother's pension for over 13 years , unduly collecting approximately €226,000. For this reason, a woman of Nuoro origin, resident in Abruzzo, has been the focus of an investigation by the Nuoro Financial Police, which in the last few hours executed a precautionary seizure order issued by the judicial authorities.

The measure concerns assets and financial resources attributable to the suspect, who is accused of aggravated fraud against the State, as part of efforts to combat fraud involving social security and welfare benefits paid by INPS. According to investigations, the woman continued to collect her mother's pension, a former resident of Nuoro, despite her mother's death over thirteen years ago.

The case also appears to be based on an error in the Municipal Registry's computer system, which failed to correctly record the death or transmit the data to INPS, thus allowing the payments to continue. The suspect, rather than reporting the anomaly, allegedly withheld all communication, continuing to receive the funds. Investigators also allege additional fraudulent behavior, including maintaining an active bank account in her mother's name and updating her credit card information to make it appear she was still alive.

Bank investigations linked several transactions made using that account to the woman, including airline ticket purchases and hotel reservations in her name. The investigation also revealed that the suspect had managed two properties formally registered in her late mother's name, without filing an inheritance declaration, renting them out and acting as the de facto owner.

To "freeze" the proceeds of the crime, the Guardia di Finanza ordered the seizure of approximately €100,000 and a property in the center of Nuoro, with an estimated value of approximately €200,000.