A hospital employee in Italy allegedly received full pay for more than 15 years despite never turning up for work. Italian police said on Wednesday that serial absenteeist Salvatore Scumace, 66, had been placed under investigation for fraud, extortion and abuse of office, news agency ANSA reported. Investigators allege Scumace was put on the books of Ciaccio Hospital in the southern city of Catanzaro in 2005, but never came in to work. He was reportedly paid a total of €538,000 ($835,000) over the years he was he was thought to be working, or about €56,000 per year. The average annual salary in Italy is just over €30,000.
Italian Hospital Employee Investigated For Allegedly Collecting Salary While Skipping Work For 15 Years
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No-show worker got pay for over 15 years Serial absenteeist probed along with six superiors
21 Aprile 2021
CATANZARO, APR 21 - A hospital worker in Puglia was
paid for working for over 15 years despite never turning up for
the job, Italian police said Wednesday. Serial absenteeist Salvatore Scumace, 66, has been placed under
investigation for fraud, extortion and abuse of office.
Six of his superiors have also been placed under investigation
on suspicion of never taking action against him.
The managers and staff at Puglia s Ciaccio Hospital were named
as Nino Critelli (66), Vittorio Prejanò (64), Maria Pia De Vito
(68), Domenico Canino (62), Laura Fondacaro (52) and Antonio