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Italian Authorities Were Shocked: a Man Pretended to Be Blind for 50 Years and 'Stung' Pensions in...

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An Italian man in his 70s was charged with fraud and deceit last week after he allegedly pretended to be completely blind for more than five decades, earning him more than a million euros in benefits. The elderly man from Vicenza, northern Italy, was officially declared blind after a work accident in the 1970s. Italian authorities recently began auditing long-term care files and found discrepancies in his documents. After two months of surveilla…
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An Italian man in his 70s was charged with fraud and deceit last week after he allegedly pretended to be completely blind for more than five decades, earning him more than a million euros in benefits. The elderly man from Vicenza, northern Italy, was officially declared blind after a work accident in the 1970s. Italian authorities recently began auditing long-term care files and found discrepancies in his documents. After two months of surveilla…

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kikar.co.il broke the news in on Sunday, October 19, 2025.
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