A 59-year-old Austrian man has been arrested for faking illnesses and injuries so that he could live rent-free in hospitals for the past two years.
The man, who has been unemployed for 21 years, faked so many injuries and illnesses that he was able to stay in a total of 93 different hospitals since 2005, local police in Muerzzuschlag in Styria said in a statement.
His scam was estimated to have cost the Austrian healthcare system as much as 100,000 euros (147,000 dollars) in bed and board during the period, the police said.
A doctor in the Muerzzuschlag hospital became suspicious when he could find nothing wrong with the man after he was brought in by the local services claiming to have suffered severe cranial damage in an alleged fall.
On closer questioning, the man admitted to having faked injuries and illnesses in the past so that he could have a bed and free meals in hospital, police said.
He has been arrested and charged with welfare fraud.
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