Haven’t we learned by now that if you’re going to play the system, it’s better to keep a low profile? With the advent of social media, laying low is proving to be a hard challenge for people trying to get away with workers’ compensation fraud!
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A California beauty queen was caught on video wearing high heels and walking around on stage … but wait, there’s nothing abnormal about that, right?
Wrong! The beauty queen had filed for workers’ compensation after her she fractured her toe at work. At multiple doctor’s visits, she had said that she could not place any weight on her foot, couldn’t move it in any direction, or wear a shoe for any length of time. In response to these complaints, the doctor provided an orthopedic shoe, crutches, and gave her orders to refrain from working and to elevate her foot whenever possible.
While she was collecting workers’ comp benefits, she had participated in two beauty pageants, one in which a YouTube video surfaced of her wearing heels and walking with no visible discomfort. Shortly after the video surfaced, she was busted for workers’ comp fraud.
If she is convicted, she could face up to 1 year in county jail, 3 years of probation, and she could have to pay $24,000 in fines. So let’s be reminded—again—that what you do in public, could come back to haunt you, especially in this day and age!
That’s amazing–the employer didn’t even need to hire a PI.