Greek Son Detained for Storing Deceased Father's Body to Collect Pension
Police in Mystras arrested a 55-year-old man after discovering his dead father frozen in a basement freezer, a scheme used to keep receiving the pension.
Authorities in the Peloponnese town of Mystras apprehended a middle-aged Greek man who had preserved his father's corpse in a freezer for roughly two and a half years. The father, who would now be 90, had reportedly died of natural causes, but the son claimed he had moved to Athens. Investigators found the body in a former hotel converted to housing, revealing the motive was to continue cashing the pension benefits.
Why it matters
The case exposes a bizarre pension fraud that raises concerns about social security oversight.
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