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A former Greek policeman who invented 19 fictional offspring to claim benefits for what would have been the largest family in Greece has been arrested for fraud, Reuters reported.

He divorced and with no children of his own, quit his 1,000-euro-a-month job in 2001 and has been living solely on benefits ever since, police said on Thursday.

Using photographs of children he found online, the 54-year-old man forged birth certificates and other documents needed to claim benefits for at least one child a year since 1996. Police estimate he made at least 150,000 euros in claims over 15 years.

The fraud was so expert, police said, that they only realized something was amiss when they noticed his was the only Greek family with that many children. The average Greek family usually has two or three children. （點(diǎn)擊路透社網(wǎng)站查看原文）

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???????據(jù)路透社報(bào)道，一名希臘前警察創(chuàng)造了19個(gè)虛構(gòu)的孩子，以騙取兒童撫養(yǎng)費(fèi)。他家曾經(jīng)被認(rèn)為是希臘擁有人口最多的家庭。

???????警方周四稱，該男子54歲，于2001年離婚，婚后并無(wú)子女，他還辭掉了月薪1000歐元（約人民幣8264元）的工作。從那時(shí)起，他就只依靠領(lǐng)取兒童撫養(yǎng)費(fèi)過(guò)日子。

???????從1996年，他就開(kāi)始在網(wǎng)上找孩子的照片，偽造出生證明和其它相關(guān)資料。警方估計(jì)，15年來(lái)他至少獲益15萬(wàn)歐元（人民幣124萬(wàn)元）。

???????警方稱，他是造假高手，警方只察覺(jué)到，在希臘，他家是希臘唯一擁有如此多孩子的家庭，而這一點(diǎn)比較可疑，因?yàn)橄ＥD一般家庭通常只生2-3個(gè)孩子。

(China.org.cn December 19, 2011)