Salvatore Scumace was an employee of the Pugliese Ciaccio hospital in the city of Catanzaro.
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They have called him “the king of absenteeism.”
An employee of a hospital in Italy did not show up for work during 15 years, but he did receive his full salary during that time, of almost $ 650, 000 dollars.
According to several Italian media that have exposed the case, Salvatore Scumace started in 2005 its He employed the Pugliese Ciaccio hospital in the city of Catanzaro, Puglia, in the south of the country.
He was now arrested and is being investigated by fraud, extortion and abuse of power , according to the Italian news agency Ansa.
Also under investigation are six hospital officials who allegedly overlooked the absenteeism of the man from 66 years.
The arrests are the result of a lengthy investigation by the authorities on absenteeism and alleged fraud in the Italian public sector.
The named employee was a civil servant and was assigned to the Pugliese Ciaccio hospital in 2005. Since that anus stopped going to work , according to police investigations.
He has also been charged with threatening a hospital directive not to file a disciplinary report against her.
That administrator retired at the time, according to the police, and his replacement never noticed the absence of the employee.
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