Суд в Аргентині розглядає справу жінки, яка змінила свою тотожність з метою незаконно заволодіти спадщиною розміром у 35 мільйонів доларів. Однак, радіти "спадкові" їй довелося недовго. Повідомив Деніел Шваймлер:

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Jose Antonio Reggiardo died following a helicopter crash in July Nineteen-Ninety-Eight, leaving a thirty-five million dollar fortune and no known children. But as he lay dying in hospital, in rushed Maria Angelica Godoy screaming: "That's my father." And she went on to produce the paperwork to prove her case - and to enjoy her new-found wealth.

But then, up stepped Mario Calderon who'd been told by an aunt that he was the son of the landowner - who had had a brief affair with his mother, who worked on the estate. The mother drowned in a boating accident while Mr Calderon was a baby.

A year after the landowner died, Mr Calderon got a legal order to disinter the body and carry out DNA tests. They proved that he was the child of Jose Antonio Reggiardo. Maria Godoy carried out a similar test which proved that she wasn't.

While Mr Calderon now enjoys his father's wealth, Ms Godoy and the two lawyers who allegedly helped her to produce the false documents, are being prosecuted for fraud.

Daniel Schweimler, BBC News, Buenos Aires

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no known children
наскільки відомо, бездітний

to produce the paperwork to prove her case
пред'явити документи на доказ своєї справи

new-found wealth
новоздобуте багатство

up stepped
раптом з'явився

had a brief affair
мав короткий роман

drowned
втопилася

disinter the body
викопати тіло з могили

carry out DNA tests
провести генетичні дослідження (DNA - ДНК, дезоксирибонуклеїнова кислота, з якої складаються гени)

allegedly
як припускають (однак, це не доведено)

prosecuted for fraud
звинувачені у шахрайстві