Greece cuts benefits to 200,000 after fraud found

Greece has stopped various benefits, including pensions, to 200,000 people who lied to get their monthly cheques or were in fact dead, a Greek labour ministry official said. The number is roughly 2 percent of the Greek population. Debt-laden Athens...

Greece has stopped various benefits, including pensions, to 200,000 people who lied to get their monthly cheques or were in fact dead, a Greek labour ministry official said.

The number is roughly 2 percent of the Greek population.

Debt-laden Athens discovered the fraud after beginning basic data cross checks and means-testing, under pressure from its international lenders to cut its deficits.

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