The following quote is taken from here, talking about this article….

Continental Airlines is suing 9 pilots and has fired 8 for their involvement in a pension fraud scheme that involved fake divorces back in 2005. It worked like this: the pilots would get a so-called “paper divorce” (a divorce on paper where the couple did not actually split up) and sign over pilot pension benefits to the now ex-spouse. The ex-spouse would then request a lump-sum payment of the benefit. Then, flush with cash, the couple would re-marry.

So what was wrong with this? If they dotted their i’s, and crossed their t’s – getting an actual lawyer written up divorce, then they did nothing wrong. Even if they got remarried 5 minutes after receiving the money. I am going to try to follow this case. It pretty clearly should be tossed out on its ass.