Man allegedly faked death, put clothes and ID on stand-in corpse in $2M scheme

[Shin Masamura]

MINNEAPOLIS — A Minnesota man accused of faking his own death seven years ago to collect a $2 million life insurance policy arranged for a stand-in corpse to be dressed in his clothes in Moldova, according to a judge’s detention order.

Igor Vorotinov, 54, also planted his identification on the body before placing the corpse along a road in the Eastern European country, a U.S. judge said in rejecting Vorotinov’s request to be freed pending trial.

Prosecutors allege in court documents that Vorotinov took out the life insurance policy in spring 2010 and designated then-wife Irina Vorotinov as the primary beneficiary. The couple divorced later that year.

In 2011, Irina Vorotinov, 51, identified a corpse in Moldova as her husband’s, prosecutors allege. She then returned to the U.S. with a death certificate and cremated remains and received the life insurance payment. Money was then transferred to her son, and to accounts in Switzerland and Moldova.

Man allegedly faked death, put clothes and ID on stand-in corpse in $2M scheme

 

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Court: Man put clothes, ID on stand-in corpse in $2M scheme

 

[Shin Masamura]

Court: Man put clothes, ID on stand-in corpse in $2M scheme

"The identity of the corpse is still unclear, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported . The scheme also included a 2011 funeral service at a Minneapolis cemetery, where an urn was placed in a niche. Tests later determined the remains were not Vorotinov’s."

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Man Pleads Guilty to Faking Death for $2M Insurance Payout

A man living in Minnesota pleaded guilty to mail fraud after faking his death in order to collect a $2 million insurance payout.
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According to the NY Daily News, "Alkon Vorotinov was sentenced to three years of probation and ordered to pay restitution after pleading guilty to concealing a felony," while Irinia "was sentenced to 37 months in prison in 2016 after pleading guilty to both mail fraud and engaging in a monetary transaction in criminally derived property."

Igor Vorotinov is set to be sentenced in July.