The scam of the decade was uncovered in Italy (2 photos + 1 video)
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19 November 2024
Social benefits and disability pensions are good, but a bicycle is better. 
In 2017, a 53-year-old man decided that he should take everything from life and the state. And to get the maximum benefit, you need to be resourceful. So the Italian Panikovsky decided to become blind, but only for officials. And we must give him credit, he did it perfectly, he got into the role so well that he easily received a disability pension and benefits due to the inability to work due to health reasons.
A cunning Italian fooled local authorities for 7 years and regularly received payments to a bank account, until an anonymous person complained about him to the financial police, saying, what is going on, just look how this rogue rides a bicycle.
The police became interested in this case and after a series of surveillance using CCTV cameras, they agreed that for a blind man he moved around too well without the help of guides and, moreover, his confident cycling looked at least strange. Having collected all the irrefutable evidence, the police managed to uncover a brilliant scam. Suddenly it turned out that the cunning Italian had fooled everyone.
The Ascoli Piceno prosecutor's office estimated the damage caused to the treasury by the fake invalid over 7 years at 100,000 euros. The man and his bank account were arrested, and he himself was charged with aggravated fraud.
