Sweden - A Swedish man who was believed to be dead after vanishing off the Norwegian coast two years ago shocked authorities when he resurfaced at a routine traffic stop in Sweden.

The darker half of Alfred Ginglen's life began to unfold in 2004, after his police officer son recognized him in a surveillance image. A life that a personal diary would show included visits with prostitutes, a secret girlfriend, and an addiction to crack. On Thursday, Ginglen was sentenced to 40 years in prison for a string of bank robberies after being turned in by his own sons. Authorities say he needed the extra cash to support his double life.

A German court is ordering a woman to repay her dead father in-law's pension, which she had been collecting for 20-years. Even though the man died in 1977, his daughter-in-law continued to have his pension payments transferred to her bank account, reports Reuters

The tale of a man who can be considered DC's most unlucky bank robber ended when he plead guilty. On October 14 Michael Donahoe robbed a teller and got away with $2,000 from a downtown bank he robbed. However a witness followed him out of the bank blocked his escape when he tried to get a taxi.

Commonwealth Bank in Australia apologized Monday for advising its staff to wear flesh-colored underwear and avoid shiny stockings because they make legs look plumper. As one of the country's largest banks, it distributed its "grooming handbook" to the retail banking staff. The guide says that women should wear two rings or less on each hand and recommends that earrings should be no bigger than a small coin, reports Reuters.