Overview

• A 66-year-old woman of Moroccan origin in Ravenna has been denounced by the Guardia di Finanza on suspicion of aggravated fraud for allegedly collecting her deceased mother's pension for ten years.
• The mother died in Italy in 2015 and was buried in Morocco without the death being reported to municipal offices or INPS.
• Investigators say the pension continued to be paid into a joint bank account and that the daughter presented herself at INPS counters in the pensioner's place, with false life certifications cited.
• INPS staff flagged the case after a prolonged absence of the pension holder, leading the Guardia di Finanza to cross-check registry records and banking flows and quantify the alleged damage at about €120,000.
• The Tribunal of Ravenna ordered a preventive seizure to secure the funds and a Mercedes registered to the suspect, and the case remains at the investigative stage without a conviction reported.