St. Albert Fraudster Scams WCB Of $770G
09/08/2008 07:35
Case manager took WCB
to the
cleanersA St. Albert woman who was a former case manager with the Workers' Compensation Board admitted in court yesterday she defrauded her employer of nearly $800,000.
Sandra "Sam" Plumite, 40, also owned up to accepting $117,500 in illegal payments to her bank account from an injured worker who was getting extra WCB money he was not entitled to as a result of her doctoring his claim.
Even the fraudster's resume was phoney as court heard Plumite had bolstered her job application by falsely claiming she had received two diplomas from Grant MacEwan College and lied about a previous bank job.
Plumite pleaded guilty in Court of Queen's Bench to charges of fraud over $5,000, corruptly accepting a secret commission and uttering a forged document.
A sentencing hearing is set for Sept. 26 and 17 further charges of fraud, theft and uttering a forged document are expected to be withdrawn. The defence will also call psychologist Reuben Lang to testify on Plumite's behalf.
Details in the Edmonton Sun.
SINC SAYS:
One is left to wonder how anyone could go undetected for over two years with those kinds of funds involved. Where is the accountability factor at the WCB?