NYC Man Left Dad's Body at Morgue So He Could Collect His Social Security Payments

A Queens man who left his father's body at a morgue for more than a year so he could continue to collect his pension and social security payments will be sentenced this week.

Christopher Bunn, 49, is scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday in a Queens court. He pleaded guilty in October to grand larceny and petit larceny and has already served six months in federal prison.

Investigators say his father, James Bunn, collected retirement benefits that were not transferable upon his death. The funds were deposited into his checking account from February 2010 through April 2011. He died on February 24, 2010.

In May 2011, the Social Security Inspector General alerted the New York State and Local Retirement System that Bunn's body remained unclaimed at the Nassau County morgue.

Further investigation revealed that Bunn had withdrawn the money from his father's account. He unlawfully collected pension payments of $7,542 and social security payments of $17,790, according to New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.

Bunn is expected to pay full restitution.

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