Italian Man Detained After Mummified Mother Found in Pension Fraud Case

Overview

• Police in Borgo Virgilio, near Mantua, detained a 58-year-old nurse who admitted posing as his deceased mother to renew her identity document and keep her pension payments.
• Officers discovered the body of Graziella Dall'Oglio in the family home in a state of mummification, wrapped in sheets and a sleeping bag, and sent it for autopsy.
• Investigators say tax filings linked to the deceased indicated about €53,000 in annual receipts from pension and property income.
• Prosecutors have opened inquiries into illegal concealment of a corpse and fraud against the social benefits system.
• The timeline of the woman’s death remains unclear, with local reporting ranging from 2022 to claims she had not been seen for about a decade.