Woman scammed £94,000 in fake maternity benefits by pretending to have 17 pregnancies.

50-year-old woman from Rome received 110,000 euros by claiming to have had 12 miscarriages and 5 births in 24 years.

February 17th 2024.

Woman scammed £94,000 in fake maternity benefits by pretending to have 17 pregnancies.
Barbara Ioele, a 50-year-old woman from Rome, has recently made headlines for a shocking case of fraud. It has been revealed that she falsely claimed to have had five children and 12 miscarriages in order to receive a large sum of 110,000 euros in maternity benefits from the government. This deceitful act has led to her being sentenced to one year and six months in jail.

According to local press, Ioele has been accused of making a significant amount of money from state benefits by lying about her pregnancies and taking extended periods of time off work over a span of 24 years. Out of her 17 alleged pregnancies, she only claimed to have given birth to five children. However, prosecutors have found that these children were never registered and have never been seen by any officials or anyone else.

Ioele even went as far as to claim that she had given birth to her latest child in December. However, it was revealed that she had been under surveillance for the nine months leading up to the supposed birth and the whole pregnancy was a sham. It is believed that Ioele's fraudulent activities were made possible by the theft of birth certificates from a clinic in Rome and other forged documents. She also used pillows to create the illusion of a baby bump and pretended to walk with the added weight of an unborn child.

In a bizarre turn of events, Ioele's partner, 55-year-old Davide Pizzinato, admitted to police during an interrogation that he was aware of her fake pregnancies. He even testified against her in exchange for a lighter sentence, as he was also charged as her accomplice in the fraud. Despite this betrayal, Ioele remained defiant and continued to claim that her five children do exist and that all of her pregnancies were genuine.

This shocking case has left many people questioning the lengths some individuals will go to for financial gain. It serves as a reminder to always be cautious and not fall prey to fraudulent schemes. In other news, a strange purple cloud has engulfed a city causing fears of toxic gas, and an urban explorer has uncovered an eerie ghost town left to rot. As for the royal family, there is speculation that Meghan may have a chance of becoming Queen before Kate, but with a huge asterisk. And in a rather disgusting incident, a Domino's worker was caught picking his nose and wiping it in the dough. These are just some of the trending stories making headlines.

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