2023-07-04 14:47:00
Donald Felix Zampach, a 65-year-old Californian, has admitted hiding his mother’s death for more than 30 years. In this way, he could continue to receive his social security benefits as well as his military pension.
He has, in all and for all, received 830,000 dollars (just over 750,000 euros) over the past 33 years. He himself pleaded guilty.
”The defendant did not just passively cash checks sent to his deceased mother. This is an elaborate fraud that spans more than three decades and required aggressive actions and deception to maintain the ruse,” commented Randy Grossman, Attorney General for the Southern District of California.
As USA Today reports, Donald Felix Zampach transferred ownership of the family home to himself shortly after his mother’s death in 1990. He kept his mother’s bank accounts and forged her signature on some documents. In this way, he could receive his mother’s military pension. He even opened credit accounts with several financial institutions.
Donald Felix Zampach admitted in court to be the author of all these facts. He agreed to repay the $830,000 ‘earned’. He faces 25 years in prison.
1688492970
#hid #mothers #death #years #continue #receive #military #pension