A FLORIDA woman was today sentenced to a year and a day in prison for keeping her dead mother's body in a bedroom for years while collecting more than $US230,000 in pension benefits, prosecutors said. Penelope Sharon Jordan, 61, of Sebastian, Florida, pleaded guilty to theft of government funds in June, the US Attorney's Office in Miami said. Police said when they found the body in a spare bedroom in March, Jordan told them her mother had been dead for at least six years. During the sentencing hearing, evidence indicated that Jordan told her sister their mother had died before December, 2001. An autopsy on the body found no signs of foul play. Jordan told the court she concealed her mother's death in order to continue collecting her Social Security and military pension benefits. Over a six-year period she received $US61,415 in Social Security payments and $US176,461 from the military pension. She was ordered to repay $US237,876 to the government. Source ------------ Not bad if she didn't get caught not that I'm recommand people to do it
kinda reminds of that hollyokes episode when that the son kept his mum's body as well.. an similar to psycho? kinda creepy
Ppl do whatever they can for money.... last time i read abt an italian farmer locking his dad away for years to get pension... the old man had a few cm long nails n didnt remember his own age =/
That's disgusting .. that's her mom. Doesn't she inherit the pension or whatever after she passed on? Anyway, it's stupid. I bet she's a drug user cuz most of them desperate enough to do pathetic thing like this.
That stench must have been kickin. Well, for those 6 years of enjoyment, shes gona pay a lifetime worth of pain to have to pay 200k back, unless of course shes got a decent job, but I really do doubt that.
People can do everything for money nowadays, watch out, maybe your neighbor wanna keep you in their toilet !!
creepy... my 5 years old once said that" Mom when you die, I will not let people put you in the ground, I'll put you in the attic" >_<
Best way to cheat the US government on this is if you're a US citizen and live abroad. As long as you're a US citizen, you can still collect your government pension checks into a monthly automatic deposit account overseas. Make sure a relative there is also authorized to make withdrawals on the account. That way, you can retire back to HK or whatever, and leave some extra money behind for your survivors for a few more years. The US government cannot touch them for failing to notify them of your demise. Is this ethical? No. Is it legal? Well, it's not illegal... yet.
gross... the smell of a sandwich kept for 6 days is bad enough... how can u stand the smell of a decomposing body for 6 years?!?! uke:
