Thomas Parkin Impersonated His Dead Mother Irene Prusik

Thomas Parkin is really making the headline news locally and even abroad. How did the authorities manage to capture him? Well, Irene Prusik the deceased mother of Thomas showed up one day at the Department of Motor Vehicles in Brooklyn to renew her driving license. This made the authorities suspicious which eventually lead to the arrest of Thomas Parkin.

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Irene Prusik has been dead for six years. But in April, someone showed up at the Department of Motor Vehicles in Brooklyn, New York to renew her driver's licence.

The explanation given by US prosecutors: It was her son, in a dress.

Thomas Parkin, 49, was charged on Wednesday in the bizarre plot to impersonate his deceased mother so he could collect $US117,000 ($147,207) in government benefits. He and the man accused of being his accomplice, Mhilton Rimolo, pleaded not guilty to grand larceny, criminal impersonation and other charges.

Both men were ordered held on $US1 million bail. Their lawyers did not immediately respond to phone messages left on Wednesday. More..

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