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The Economic Times
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How did a dead woman’s pension keep paying for 20 years? Costa Rica man accused of collecting $800,000 from California teacher’s retirement fund

Costa Rican prosecutors are investigating a man accused of collecting roughly $800,000 in pension payments belonging to a North American woman who died more than two decades ago, according to authorities.

The man, identified only by his last name, Abarca, allegedly continued accessing the woman’s pension payments for years after her death by submitting documents that investigators believe falsely represented his legal authority to handle her affairs.

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