BERLIN: A German woman collected her father-in-law’s pension for 20 years after he died and will now have to return the full amount to the government, a court ruling said.
The man died in 1977, but his daughter-in-law continued to have pension payments amounting to around 429,000 euros ($505,100) intended for the dead man transferred into her bank account until 1997, a statement by the court said on Wednesday.
German pension authorities had sent the dead man letters congratulating him on his 100th, 101st and 102nd birthdays, the statement said.
“The daughter-in-law must pay back the entire sum in full,” it said. —Reuters
