Kathmandu. An incident within a family in the European country of Italy has revealed an astonishing example of the extent to which unemployed people work for a living.

A 56-year-old unemployed man from Borgo Vergilio in Italy impersonated himself as his mother for nearly three years and used his mother’s pension money. According to investigators, local officials became suspicious when they saw Virgilio wearing biggs, women’s makeup, jewelry and women’s voices when he went to apply for his mother’s pension card to be renewed.

Later, when the staff shared a picture of the mother and son, they noticed a difference. During the investigation, he found that his mother’s body had been hidden in the laundry room of his house for three years.

Only the husband or wife is entitled to the pension amount. He did not announce his mother’s death for a long time, fearing that he would not get the pension if the news of his mother’s death became public.

According to the mayor, although the man looked like an old woman at first glance when he came to renew his pension lease, the texture of his neck and palms and his voice raised suspicion.

According to the investigating officers, the accused had been enjoying pension and other facilities in the name of the deceased mother since 2022. She is an unemployed nurse. He is accused of defrauding the state treasury of $53,000 during this period, including income from pensions and other assets.

According to the online edition of The Guardian newspaper, there have been cases in Italy in the past where pension money was used in the name of the deceased without declaring the death. In 2023, a man from a place called Bharona used to enjoy the pension money by keeping his mother’s body at home for five years.