Man faces court over fake death fraud
Posted Wed Sep 16, 2009 4:08pm AEST
A man charged with faking his own death to defraud an insurance company has been refused bail in a Sydney court.
Paul Terroni, 28, allegedly conspired with his mother to make a $239,000 claim on a life insurance policy, which was lodged in December 2007.
Police say Terroni's mother, Dianne, reported that he drowned on a trip to Ecuador in 2006.
Officials from Ecuador issued a death certificate to the family.
It is alleged Terroni returned to Australia 18 months later on an Ecuadorian passport under the fictitious name of Gabriel Sanchez Cedeno.
He has been living in Sydney for a year and was arrested yesterday along with his mother.
Terroni briefly appeared in Sydney's Central Local Court today, charged with a string of offences including giving a false certificate of death and obtaining money by deception.
He was refused bail to reappear in court on Friday.
His mother was charged with similar offences but released on bail.
Article sourced from the ABC Website @ http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/09/16/2687937.htm
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