California man admits to hiding mother's death for 30 years
A California man has pleaded guilty to hiding the death of his mother for three decades in order to keep collecting her benefits, the Department of...
A California man has pleaded guilty to hiding the death of his mother for three decades in order to keep collecting her benefits, the Department of Justice said. 'This crime is believed to be the longest-running and largest fraud of its kind in this district,' said U.S. Attorney Randy Grossman in a statement. The elaborate scheme began shortly before Donald Felix Zampach's mother died in 1990. According to the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Southern District of California, Zampach 'fraudulently conveyed her Poway home and filed for Chapter 7 personal bankruptcy, disclosing neither his ownership of the Poway home nor the government benefits payments he was receiving.