Five pregnancies in 5 years: fake mom sentenced to prison for fraud

The scam brought the false parents 111 thousand euros

The charge against a 50-year-old woman from Rome was announced in Italy. This lady pretended she had 5 pregnancies and 12 miscarriages between 2014 and 2019 to avoid work. It turned out that Benedetta, Angelica, Abraham, Letitia and Ishmael (the names of the supposed children) were never born, just as the medical evidence presented and various risky pregnancies were false. Now the Italian woman faces a year and 8 months for fraud; her partner, whom the court considered an accomplice, also received a sentence.

According to the Italian newspaper Repubblica, judges sentenced the 50-year-old woman to one year and eight months in prison for fraud. Along with her, her accomplice was sentenced to 7 months.

The woman produced fake medical certificates, replicating the signature of a gynecologist, thereby managing to obtain release from work and receiving maternity leave from the National Institute of Social Security. Five pregnancies in five years, interrupted by twelve abortions: a fact that is practically impossible, which is why the story attracted the attention of the labor inspectorate and an investigation.

Authorities discovered that in addition to falsifying medical certificates to obtain maternity leave, the woman also falsified tax codes for children for whom there was no hospital record. The couple’s lawyers have filed an appeal, but the National Institute of Social Security plans to return 111,000 euros that were paid for her false pregnancy over the years.

The verdict reads: “undoubtedly, in light of the full recognition of the crime of aggravated fraud to the detriment of a public institution. Using false documentation, they “first misled the employer into supporting early leave claims and then the National Social Security Institute into collecting unpaid benefits.”