Pension: son must pay 70,000 Euro pension refund

Reading time 2 minutesA spectacular verdict: Anyone who takes advantage of unauthorized pension benefits – even without intent – has to expect significant recoveries. A judgement by the Federal Social Court (BSG) of 20 May 2020, which has now become final, obliges the son of a deceased person to repay around 70,000 euros. Payments have been made by mistake over two decades after his father's death. Pension payments despite death: authorities not…