Man guilty of $100K benefits fraud by dressing up as dead mother

A NEW York man who snubbed a deal that could have sprung him from jail could instead serve dozens of years in prison after a jury convicted him of stealing more than $100,000 in government benefits - by dressing up as his dead mom.


Two videos of Thomas Prusik-Parkin's wacky Norman Bates-like stunt - in which he wore a red dress and a platinum wig - were aired for jurors during the grand larceny trial, the NY Post reports.

But the admitted admirer of the murderous innkeeper from the 1960 Alfred Hitchcock classic Psycho continued to insist he did not play dress-up games to pull off the creepy con after his mom's 2003 death...



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