Greek Police Investigate Family That Hid Grandmother's Death to Collect Pension

Family Hid Grandmother's Death for Years to Keep Her Pension, Greek Police Say

Greek authorities are investigating a case in which a family allegedly hid an elderly woman's death for years so they could keep collecting her pension, after her body was found wrapped in plastic in the basement of the family's home in Marathon, northeast of Athens. The case came to light after the woman's granddaughter filed a police complaint against her own mother and uncle — the elderly woman's daughter and son — after she was unable to locate a death certificate for her grandmother. ...

By ANTHEE CARASSAVA