Busted!

In light of the recent posts about insurance fraud and how it impacts the premiums for the average and honest consumer, here's a bit of a twist on the tale, where an individual went to the extreme of faking his own death!

A Modovian born individual who was currently living in the U.S. returned to his former country and concocted an elaborate scheme, dressing a corpse in his clothing and planting personal i.d. on the body, then leaving it on the side of the road to be found by a passerby (nobody knows where he got the corpse) 

His wife then travelled to Moldova and identified the deceased as her husband, receiving a death certificate which she took back to the U.S. and used to claim a $2 million insurance policy payout. After holding a funeral, the wife then transferred money to her son and several European accounts, which may have been the cause of suspicion which led to an investigation.

The means to the discovery of the truth wasn't fully explained but suffice to say, 4 years after the fact, the wife and son of the fraudster were charged and tried, subsequently leading to a sentence and some prison terms. An anonymous tip led to the whereabouts of the husband and perpetrator of the fraud, living in Moldova under an assumed name. He is currently on trial for fraud. 

As for the body used in the fraud scheme, their identity has never been determined and likely never will be, now that they've been cremated.