Man took uncle into post office to collect his pension didn't know he was dead...

[Swanjaxs]

Seems legit to me...

Man who took uncle to collect his pension 'didn't know he was dead'

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/world-news/dead-man-post-office-pension-22850318#ICID=Android_WalesOnlineNewsApp_AppShare

 

[JackSomething]

I'm going to guess that he's not really "off the gear" like he claims.

Love this part:

“We thought nothing of it because Peadar had had heart attacks and all.” Why would you be concerned if your Uncle suddenly went limp and needed you to carry him, it's probably just another heart attack...

 

[Pegojack]

He looks like an upstanding member of the community and his story is very believable.

I think he ought to apply for a job in Boris Johnson's cabinet, he's got all the qualifications.

 

[Pentyrchjack]

The Post Office need to stamp out this behaviour....

On a more serious note, this is a big problem in Japan which has many theoretical centurions because relatives don’t report deaths in order to keep the pension giros coming in:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/sep/10/japenese-centenarians-records

 

[Jack2jack]

Fcuk me! I thought he'd taken him into the Post Office in a wheelchair or something.
Seems plausible

 

[PSumbler]

My mother in laws pension payments stopped arriving at some stage last year - when she queried why at the time the reply she had was that she had died a few weeks before