Woman who posed as sick, wounded Marine gets nearly 6 years in prison
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Sarah Jane Cavanaugh used her civilian position in the Department of Veterans Affairs to fraudulently access over $250,000 in benefits and aid meant for veterans.
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A Rhode Island woman who pretended to be a sick Marine veteran to collect about $300,000 in benefits, charitable contributions, and donations has been sentenced in a federal court to nearly six years in prison. Sarah Jane Cavanaugh was also ordered to pay full restitution.
Sarah Jane Cavanaugh used her civilian position in the Department of Veterans Affairs to fraudulently access over $250,000 in benefits and aid meant for veterans.
Sarah Jane Cavanaugh used stolen patient information to pass herself off as a decorated Marine Corps veteran with cancer and fraudulently collect nearly $300,000 in benefits, charitable contributions, and donations.
A former social worker at a Rhode Island veterans’ hospital who used stolen patient information to brazenly pass herself off as a decorated Marine Corps veteran with cancer and fraudulently collect nearly $300,000 in benefits, charitable contributions, and donations was sentenced Tuesday to nearly s…
Sarah Jane Cavanaugh, 32, of Rhode Island, was sentenced to just under six years in prison for an elaborate scheme in which she impersonated a cancer-stricken Marine veteran.
