An Auburn, Washington woman was convicted for fraud after receiving a lifetime pension following her reported injury while working at a supply company.
Lemapu Dorothy Seinafo, 56, pleaded guilty to one count of third-degree theft and was ordered to repay nearly $48,000 of the pension payments.
The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries calculates it avoided paying Seinafo more than $1.3 million in fraudulent pension payments over the course of her expected lifetime.
Seinafo began receiving a lifetime pension in 2018 after she was reportedly injured at a supply company. Doctors determined she couldn’t work, and then she began receiving wage-replacement payments.
A comparison of workers’ compensation records with employment rolls showed Seinafo was earning wages while indicating on her annual L&I pension form that she was not working.
An L&I investigation confirmed that Seinafo was working at a medical transport company from 2022 through February 2023, earning more than $40,000 a year.
The Washington State Office of the Attorney General prosecuted the case based on the L&I’s investigation.
Topics Fraud Washington
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