Sentenced for hiding the death of her brother to collect her pension for 24 years

2023-08-08 12:00:00
The Provincial Court of Valencia has sentenced a woman to two years in prison and a seven-month fine with a daily quota of four euros for a crime of fraud for hiding the death of her brother for 24 years and continuing to collect her pension. Likewise, she will have to compensate the National Institute of Social Security with 135,805.35 euros. The proven facts relate that the defendant took care of her brother, who had an orphan’s pension recognized by Social Security. After his death on May 1, 1996, the defendant hid the death from both the financial institution and Social Security, so the pension continued to be paid into a bank account that she owned. At that time, the amount received was 675.90 euros arriving…
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