San Leandro woman pleads guilty to workers’ comp fraud

A San Leandro woman has pleaded guilty to forging doctors’ signatures in order to receive more than $10,000 in workers’ compensation, state insurance officials announced Friday. Marlene Cavalcanti, 40, pleaded guilty on July 24 to two felony counts of insurance fraud and identity theft for falsifying records when filing a workers’ compensation claim to receive $10,590. The company she worked for when she filed the fraudulent documents is located in Marin County, according to state insurance officials. Cavalcanti initially filed for workers’ compensation after she reportedly fell at work, where she was an executive assistant, and sustained unspecified injuries, state officials said. She received medical treatment and was paid more than $42,000 in temporary disability payments, officials said. After she was placed on disability, officials said, investigators with the state Department of Insurance learned Cavalcanti stopped receiving medial treatment and started working for another company. “During this time, she submitted multiple fictitious doctors reports in an attempt to continue to receive disability payments from the workers’ compensation insurance company,” state insurance officials said. “When confronted by detectives, Cavalcanti ultimately admitted to the fraudulent documents and forged doctors’ signatures.” Over the course of the department’s investigation, officials said detectives learned she… Read full this story

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