Fraudsters have used dead grunge god Kurt Cobain’s social security number to purchase a $3.2 million mansion, two cars and open up 188 credit cards, his widow Courtney Love, who is working with California police, has revealed.

“I knew it had been going on since when I went cuckoo — bananas — in 2003,” Courtney, 43, told The Sun in London. “It was fraud after fraud. But nobody believed me until now. I did a check on my deceased husband’s social security number and he has a house in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He bought it last year. I would like to know how. He should probably get his a** back home if that is the case.”

The former Hole frontwoman, who lost custody of her daughter, overdosed on drugs and was arrested all in the span of 2003 the year she believes the thefts began, is now working with California police and a forensic accountants to help with the investigation.

Thieves have also stolen $72.5 million from the trust fund set up for Courtney and Kurt teenage daughter, Frances Bean. The Nirvana star’s estate earns about $42 million each year, most of which goes into the 14-year-old trust.

“Taking a child’s money and future is a really horrible thing.”

[Source: The Sun]

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