A woman who allegedly scammed the Italian government out of £182,600 (€208,000) by pretending to be blind for 15 years has been unmasked.
The 48-year-old fraudster from Gioia Tauro in the Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria, southern Italy, received a disability benefit from the National Institute for Social Security, ostensibly for being completely blind.
However she was caught when Carabinieri, the national gendarmerie of Italy, saw her using the touchscreen of her mobile phone and signing a document without any difficulty.
