Collecting a pension after concealing a death

Supreme Court · Second Chamber (Penal) · 2017

What the Supreme Court considered and decided

The Supreme Court upheld a continuing-fraud conviction against a person who concealed the pension recipient’s death and withdrew the payments. Failures in administrative and banking checks did not remove the significance of the deception.

What this helps explain

The failure to verify the paying entity does not necessarily eliminate the deception that the author has created.

Editorial summary from the official note of the CGPJ. It describes this resolution, without certifying the subsequent evolution of the procedure. It should be read with the legislation applicable to its facts, reforms and subsequent case law.