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Anonymous (ID: JH6GGZIq) United States No.518925860 >>518926074 >>518926325 >>518926453 >>518926701 >>518927179 >>518927537 >>518927581 >>518927610 >>518927799 >>518928818
Man Fakes Complete Blindness for Over 50 Years to Collect Disability Payments
A 70-year-old Italian man stands accused of pretending to be totally blind for over 50 years, during which time he collected over one million euros ($1.16 million) in disability payments.

The case of a Vincenza man who unduly received over a million euros in benefits for total blindness over a period of 53 years has once again brought Italy’s verification mechanisms for subsidies and disability payments into the spotlight. The septuagenarian, whose name has not been revealed, had been declared completely blind over five decades ago, following a work-related incident. Since then, he had collected over a million euros, but when the finance police of the Vicenza provincial command conducted cross-checks, something caught their attention, so they decided to follow and video-record him. That’s how they caught him performing gardening work with dangerous tools and carefully checking out produce at the market before buying it.

The Vicenza officers, in collaboration with their colleagues from the Arzignano company, observed and followed the man for over two months, gathering evidence that he wasn’t blind. During this time, he was filmed moving effortlessly through the city, doing his own shopping, visually inspecting several products, and paying with cash without any assistance. He was subsequently charged at the Vicenza prosecutor’s office for fraud against the Italian state.

https://www.odditycentral.com/news/man-fakes-complete-blindness-for-over-50-years-to-collect-disability-payments.html
Anonymous (ID: JH6GGZIq) United States No.518925867
Following their investigation, the financial police informed the competent authorities of the immediate suspension of all welfare and social security benefits. It also ordered a tax audit, which resulted in the taxation of over €200,000 in illicit proceeds, equivalent to the income unduly received by the accused over the last five years, the longest period of time for which an assessment was still possible. The Vicenza prosecutor’s office has also ordered the seventy-year-old fake blind man to be indicted for fraud against the state.
Anonymous (ID: D3ABzyPJ) United States No.518926074
>>518925860 (OP)
I'm spiritually and socially blind, can I get compensation? I was just born wrong.
Anonymous (ID: abC3QF44) United States No.518926325
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Anonymous (ID: IlrBA7WD) United States No.518926453
>>518925860 (OP)
You have to admire his commitment to the bit. This guy is NEET Yoda.
Anonymous (ID: dsgvY06i) United States No.518926701
>>518925860 (OP)
Smart man.
Anonymous (ID: pKmp69pp) United States No.518927179 >>518927473
>>518925860 (OP)
lol what are they even going to do? Throwing his old ass in prison will just be even more of a drain on government resources.
Anonymous (ID: dsgvY06i) United States No.518927473
>>518927179
Wagecucks are angry, bitter, and spiteful fucks who work against their own self interest no matter the cost.
/\nonymous (ID: pXQzBfqo) Canada No.518927537 >>518929118
>>518925860 (OP)
He saw this coming.
Anonymous (ID: WaFLWkPA) United States No.518927581
>>518925860 (OP)
insanely based. it is a white mans duty to grift money from ZOG.
i take everything i can from the US government.
Anonymous (ID: Od4Eqpa7) United States No.518927610
>>518925860 (OP)
>had been declared completely blind over five decades ago, following a work-related incident. Since then, he had collected over a million euros
but italy didnt use euros 50 years ago
Anonymous (ID: hcONPEAo) United States No.518927799
>>518925860 (OP)
I feel like this man is spiritually Indian
Anonymous (ID: jZZymRlp) United States No.518928818
>>518925860 (OP)
Man has lived 50 years doing whatever he wanted as a freeloader.
Wagies must be seething.
Anonymous (ID: lMi3oYji) Turkey No.518929118
>>518927537
kek
Anonymous (ID: J3Cvf8Qs) Australia No.518929416 >>518929638
I'm always highly skeptical of "blind" people. When I was still in highschool I saw a blind man gets on the train using his cane and sit in the priority seat. Then he got a book out and started reading it.
Anonymous (ID: oa8aCNpB) United States No.518929547
He identifies as a blind person. Leave him be.
Anonymous (ID: Dbr4Ro9U) United States No.518929638
>>518929416
To be fair some people are blind such that they can't see shit more than a few feet in front of them. There's a lot of variation there.