Italian Police Accuse Man of Getting Paid for 15 Years While Skipping Work
A hospital worker in Italy’s south was allegedly paid for 15 years without working a single day. Investigators blame the inefficiency of checks at all levels.
The Pugliese Ciaccio Hospital in Catanzaro, Italy.Credit.Alfonso Di Vincenzo/LightRocket, via Getty Images
April 23, 2021, 6:49 a.m. ET
A hospital in Italy’s southern region of Calabria fired Salvatore Scumace for not showing up to work.
For 15 years.
Mr. Scumace, 67, was fired last year from the Pugliese Ciaccio Hospital in the city of Catanzaro, but the news made headlines in Italy this week when Italy’s financial police announced their investigation into his remarkable record of absenteeism. His case was uncovered as part of a wider investigation into absenteeism by public workers.