Son Continues to Collect Workers Compensation Benefits Intended For Mother After She Dies

Matthew Bergmann

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A New Jersey man has been charged with third degree theft after he continued to recieve more than $14,000 in workers compensation benefits that were intended for his mother, after she died in December 2000.

Officals were alerted by investigators working for the compensation insurance carrier last year that James G.Spaziai, 63, may still be collecting benefits for his mother, Philomena, rather than returning them. The weekly checks, recieved from General Motors, were being paid as a result of 1969 heart attack suffered by Philomena Spaziai, and were allegedly deposited into a joint account held by Spaziani and his mother.

Interestingly, the accused had ran for several elected positions in the area and currently serves as the local commitee person for the Third Ward.