Former San Mateo County clerk sentenced for faking back injury to collect disability
By Bonnie Eslinger, Palo Alto Daily News, Calif. | |
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Parsons also placed Sagar on probation for three years, but defense attorney
Sagar and her husband own multiple restaurant franchises in the
According to prosecutors, Sagar collected disability benefits from 2008 to 2012 for a back injury she reportedly sustained while working. She convinced doctors she was "completely sedentary and could not conduct her daily activities," and requested in-home care, according to Wagstaffe.
But insurance fraud investigators caught Sagar on hidden video "engaged in a very active lifestyle" that included working at her businesses, walking and bending without sign of discomfort, according to Wagstaffe. When her doctors were shown the video, they confirmed that Sagar had misrepresented her disability and was able to work, the district attorney said.
Despite her client's no-contest plea, Kramer said the videos don't prove Sagar was working. The allegations "weren't ever tested," she added, because the case didn't go to trial.
"Obviously we have a very different perspective," Kramer said in a phone interview Thursday. "She indisputably spent time at the restaurants they owned, but she was not involved in the day- to-day operations."
Sagar received approximately
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