Canoeist John Darwin, who reappeared four years after he had been declared dead, was charged with five more offences in court today.
Darwin (57) was charged with dishonestly obtaining a money transfer of £138,000 by deception.
He was also charged jointly with his wife Anne (55) with dishonestly obtaining £25,000 by deception from a teachers' pension scheme and a further £59,000 from a civil service pension scheme.
The pair were also charged with dishonestly obtaining by deception £2,000 from a bereavement scheme and a further £2,000 from a money transfer.
The couple, who spent Christmas in different prisons, appeared together at Hartlepool Magistrates' Court, and were remanded in custody until January 18th.
They have already been charged with various offences including deception by dishonestly claiming money and making a false declaration to get a passport.
John Darwin, a former teacher and prison officer, had been reported missing in his red kayak off the Hartlepool coast in 2002 triggering a huge air-sea search and rescue attempt.
The shattered remains of the boat were discovered a few weeks later, and a coroner declared him dead in 2003 after a police inquiry.
Darwin was arrested after walking into a police station in London in December declaring: "I think I'm a missing person".
His wife was later held on her return from Panama where she had recently moved.