The state recently called a woman on her bluff after she attempted to enhance her monthly financial fetch from her welfare checks with a work comp check.
San Bernardino resident, 37-year-old Emilia Sanchez was faced with the decision of getting a job and losing her welfare benefits or staying unemployed to keep the checks rolling in.
It appears that losing her welfare revenue stream wasn’t an option, which would explain why Sanchez took the la carte approach to the dilemma. By resurrecting her deceased sister’s name she could get a job and still be on welfare and could have her cake and eat it too.
Using her sister’s name Susan, Sanchez obtained a driver’s license and started working for a temporary agency. While at the agency Sanchez successfully filed an alleged workers’ compensation claim.
This enabled her to collect over $16,000 in disability and medical benefits from Zurich American Insurance Company.
The California Department of Insurance (CDI) Criminal Investigations Branch's Fraud Division was able to determine Sanchez’s true identity through fingerprint records obtained from the Department of Motor Vehicles and found other records that confirmed Susan had actually died in 1972.
Facing seven felony counts of perjury and making material misstatements regarding her claim, Sanchez plead not guilty before a San Bernardino Superior Court judge, November 7.
Adjuster / Examiner Claims Examiner Santa Ana Unified School District Santa Ana, CA
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