Family of Tokyo's `Oldest' Man May Have Hid Death for Pension, Asahi Says
Family members of a man who was thought to be Tokyo’s oldest may have concealed his death for about 30 years so as to continue receiving pension benefits, the Asahi newspaper said.
Police are investigating whether family members of the man, who would have turned 111 last week if he was still alive, committed fraud, the report said.
Police found the partially mummified corpse of the man dressed in underwear and covered with blankets in a bed yesterday evening at the family’s home in the city’s north, the newspaper said. The man’s oldest daughter, 81, and granddaughter, 53, live in the house, the report said.
About 9.45 million yen in pension payments was deposited in the man’s bank account over the last six years, the report said. This month 2.7 million yen was withdrawn, the newspaper said.
To contact the reporter on this story: Kazuyo Sawa in Tokyo at ksawa3@bloomberg.net
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