2026年, 一名南非前官员为了偷保险而伪造死亡, A South African ex-official falsified deaths to steal insurance, affecting living people, and faces sentencing in 2026.

Dawn Celeste Pieterson, 南非前内政部雇员,因9项欺诈指控和2项违反《出生和死亡登记法》而被定罪,罪名是谎报2019年至2022年期间至少9人死亡。 Dawn Celeste Pieterson, a former South African Home Affairs employee, was convicted on nine fraud charges and two violations of the Birth and Death Registration Act for falsely declaring at least nine people dead between 2019 and 2022. 她利用进入全国人口登记册的机会,操纵死亡记录来申请丧葬保险福利,使受害者的生命受到严重破坏,尽管他们还活着。 Using her access to the national population register, she manipulated death records to claim funeral insurance benefits, causing major disruptions in victims’ lives despite them being alive. 该案强调政府身份系统中的脆弱性,定于2026年1月26日判刑。 The case, which highlights vulnerabilities in government identity systems, is set for sentencing on 26 January 2026.