Two men arrested for attempting to claim benefits with a corpse

Two men in America have been arrested for trying to cash a cheque with a corpse.

The two men tried to cash the social security cheque of their recently deceased mate. However, David J Dalaia and James O’Hare were sent away, red faced, when the cashier told them that the person who’s name was on the cheque had to be present.

So, Dalaia and O’Hare returned to their friends flat and dressed him in a tshirt and jeans (like you do) and wheeled him back down the road in a red office chair. You know, the kind you twirl around on when you’re a kid.

The two men went back into a store in Hell’s Kitchen and again tried to cash the cheque. The cashier told them that Cintron had to be in the shop.

The two men had gone outside to retrieve their friend when a Detective spied them from a nearby restaurant window. The detective said the two men, who both had a history of drug addiction, acted surprised when doctors declared their friend dead. “Oh my God, he’s gone ?”

Amazing what some people will do for £181.