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Italian Man Accused of Posing as Dead Mother to Claim Pension After Body Found at Home

A clerk's tip in Borgo Virgilio triggered the probe, with an autopsy now under way.

Overview

  • Authorities say a 56-year-old unemployed nurse allegedly tried to renew Graziella Dall’Oglio’s identity card while dressed as her at the Borgo Virgilio registry office.
  • A staff member reported inconsistencies such as a thick neck, the appearance of the hands and a voice that occasionally dropped, prompting police involvement.
  • Investigators compared photographs, summoned the suspect, then searched his home and found Dall’Oglio’s body wrapped in bedsheets and a sleeping bag in a mummified state.
  • The Mantua prosecutor has opened a case alleging concealment of a corpse, impersonation, fraud against the national social security agency INPS and forgery.
  • The remains were moved to a hospital mortuary for a post-mortem to determine cause and timing of death as inquiries into the scope of the suspected pension fraud continue.