AG, comptroller: Man stole dead brother’s pension benefits

A Florida man stole over $180,000 in his late brother’s government pension benefits — and pretended to be the dead man when the deception was discovered, state officials said Thursday.

Robert Schusteritsch, 71, faces charges of felony grand larceny and misdemeanor criminal impersonation in Albany County Court, Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli and Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said.

Schusteritsch allegedly stole pension benefits from the state and local employees retirement systems sent to his late brother Martin Petschauer between July 2008 and September 2015.

According to court documents, Petschauer retired as chief of the Pooling and Audit Review Section of the New York Metro Milk Marketing Area in about 1986. His pension benefits were deposited in a bank account held in a trust for Petschauer. Schusteritsch was the sole trustee for his brother and had exclusive access to the bank account.

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