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CT Officials Charge Female Football Player with Benefits Fraud
Inspectors from the chief Connecticut state’s attorney’s office charged Corynthia Simpson of Middletown with two counts of fraudulent claim or receipt of workers’ compensation benefits and one count of forgery in the third degree, according to a news release.
State officials say that Simpson got the benefits
after claiming she had been injured at the Juvenile
Training School, where she has been employed as a youth
services officer since July 2004, the news release said.
However, prosecutors charged that at the same time as she
was collecting workers’ compensation benefits,
Simpson was also playing tackle football for the
Connecticut Crush of the National Women’s Football
Association. Simpson played as a defensive and offensive
lineman for the Crush in 2006, which was her rookie
season.
State officials also allege that Simpson altered a form
filed in connection with her workers’ compensation
case to change the date on which she was supposed to
return to work.
Fraudulent receipt of workers’ compensation benefits
carries a maximum prison term of 20 years. Forgery in the
third degree carries a maximum term of five years in
jail.
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