Italian woman fakes pregnancies 17 times, find out why

A woman has been jailed in Italy after she allegedly faked 17 pregnancies to skip work and receive maternity benefits. She allegedly claimed that she had 5 children and 12 miscarriages.

The woman gathered around 110,000 euros in a 24-year period. Police were able to arrest the woman using her husband’s confessions and after surveilling her for nine months.

The woman, identified as Barbara Ioele, claimed to have her last pregnancy in December last year. Police followed the woman for nine months and concluded that the pregnancy was staged.

Ioele also allegedly waddled while walking and tied pillows to her belly to convince people she was pregnant, as per Metro UK.

Her husband, identified as Davide Pizzinato, confessed to his wife’s scam and said she “full well” knew that she was not pregnant, the outlet reported.

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