Nun Allegedly Forged Woman’s Will

Police are investigating a nun who, while posing as a prayerful confidant, allegedly forged a wealthy Italian woman’s will.  Sister Angela Gramegna is suspected of fraudulently receiving 1.2 million pounds and inheriting Francesca Di Cesare’s apartment in a upper-class Rome neighborhood.

The investigation started when, just before Di Cesare died, the porter at Di Cesare’s apartment saw nuns coming and emptying her apartment of clothes, objects and documents. After Di Cesare passed away and her will was revealed, Di Cesare’s neighbors realized that the handwriting on the will did not look like the deceased’s writing.

After some investigation, calligraphy experts determined that Gramegna wrote and signed Di Cesare’s will, leaving everything to the convent after her death. Di Cesare lived alone and turned to the nuns for support in her dying days, and it appears that the nuns took advantage of this trust and dependence.

See Tom Kington, Mother Superior Accused of Forging Italian Millionaire’s Will, The Guardian, June 24, 2012.

Special thanks to Jim Hillhouse (Professional Legal Marketing (PLM, Inc.)) for bringing this article to my attention.