It didn’t just take the day – it did all of them.
A hospital employee in Italy has been accused of earning about $ 648,000 in salary over 15 years, despite never showing up for work, authorities said.
Nicknamed the “king of absentees”, 66-year-old Salvatore Scumace now faces charges of abuse of office, forgery and aggravated extortion for the alleged scheme, Italian news agency Ansa reported on Tuesday.
Prosecutors say Scumace stopped attending his concert as a security officer at the Pugliese-Ciaccio Hospital in Catanzaro after being put on the books in 2005.
The chronic presentation allegedly threatened the hospital director to prevent her from reporting her absences, The Guardian reported.
After her retirement, Scumace continued to receive her salaries – as her absenteeism went unnoticed by both the new director and the human resources department, the report said.
Six managers or employees of the hospital are also being investigated on suspicion of playing a role in allowing Scumace to quit his job.
