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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. （點擊路透社網站查看原文）

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???????據路透社報道，一名希臘前警察創造了19個虛構的孩子，以騙取兒童撫養費。他家曾經被認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，婚后并無子女，他還辭掉了月薪1000歐元（約人民幣8264元）的工作。從那時起，他就只依靠領取兒童撫養費過日子。

???????從1996年，他就開始在網上找孩子的照片，偽造出生證明和其它相關資料。警方估計，15年來他至少獲益15萬歐元（人民幣124萬元）。

???????警方稱，他是造假高手，警方只察覺到，在希臘，他家是希臘唯一擁有如此多孩子的家庭，而這一點比較可疑，因為希臘一般家庭通常只生2-3個孩子。

(China.org.cn December 19, 2011)