How low can you go? High school staff member hoaxes daughter's death so she can go on holiday!
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[quote]Every kid in junior high knows that high-quality forgery is key to getting over on teachers and principals — and that a bad fake comes up spelling BUSTED.From time immemorial, kids have also known that the toughest scam to pull off is the one where you stage a relative’s death to get out of school, or even just your homework. Only those of Ferris Buellerian genius manage the feat.[URL="http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Joan+Barnett"]Joan Barnett[/URL], adult, is no such visionary.In 2010, Barnett, a parent coordinator at Manhattan High School of Hospitality Management, was desperate to extend her spring break so she could enjoy a two-week-plus vacation in Costa Rica.Thus was born the mother of all funeral frauds.Barnett had a daughter call school bosses to report the sad news that her sister had suffered a heart attack in the Central American country.Then, Barnett had another daughter call back the same day to report that the sister had tragically died. The whole family was to gather in Costa Rica for the funeral.Now came the hard part. Barnett faxed a copy of a supposed Costa Rican death certificate as proof of her daughter’s demise so she could have paid bereavement leave.Oops. The typefaces on the document didn’t look right, nor did the printing line up precisely.Turned out Xinia Daley Herman didn’t exist. Didn’t die. The death certificate was a phony, with an ID number belonging to that of a man who passed away in 2005.And Barnett had booked her supposed emergency trip more than three weeks in advance of spring break.Scamming her bosses for a long vacation got Barnett a permanent one. She not only lost her $37,000-a-year job; she now has on her record a misdemeanor guilty plea as a forger.As well as a New York Knucklehead Award.[/quote]
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Holy shit, what scum.
That's just horrible.
That's fucking disgusting.
I don't want to live anymore.
[quote]She not only lost her $37,000-a-year job; she now has on her record a misdemeanor guilty plea as a forger[/quote]
Now she can be on holiday forever.
Am I a terrible person? I actually laughed at this. I'm not sure if it's "horrible", or "disgusting" but it's fucking stupid.
The lengths people will go to, it's insane.
[QUOTE=st0rmforce;34146198]Am I a terrible person? I actually laughed at this. I'm not sure if it's "horrible", or "disgusting" but it's fucking stupid.
The lengths people will go to, it's insane.[/QUOTE]
it isn't terrible to laugh, it is indeed funny to see the lengths one will go for an extended holiday.
[QUOTE=RyanH;34146108]I don't want to live anymore.[/QUOTE]
Wow really? I've seen alot of exaggeration like that, but you're on a whole new level. Better not watch news at all.
Ontopic: 37k a year? For that much money, I wouldn't mind not having that many vacations. I could buy cool stuff.
