How did a dead woman’s pension keep paying for 20 years? Costa Rica man accused of collecting $800,000 from California teacher’s retirement fund

Costa Rican prosecutors are investigating Abarca, a care-home manager accused of collecting nearly $800,000 in pension payments belonging to a North American woman who died in 2005. Investigators allege he used false documents to gain access to her California teacher pension and continued withdrawing the money for almost 20 years.