False Pregnancy

https://nypost.com/2022/02/16/ex-georgia-official-robin-folsom-wore-fake-pregnancy-stomach-in-paid-leave-scheme/

A former Georgia official faked being pregnant so she could take paid maternity leave — but her scheme came apart when a co-worker noticed her baby bump was bogus, officials said.

Robin Folsom, 43, also allegedly made up a fake baby daddy to send an email to her bosses that said she was under doctor’s orders for several weeks of bed rest after giving birth in May 2021, the Georgia Office of the Inspector General announced this week.

The birth-that-wasn’t came two months after a co-worker at the state’s Vocational Rehabilitation Agency allegedly saw part of Folsom’s fake pregnancy stomach “come away” from her body, according to a news release from the IG’s office.

Folsom, director of external affairs for the agency, sent her co-workers photos of her supposed newborn, but they “depicted children with varying skin tones,” the release stated.

Robin Folsom allegedly faked being pregnant to take paid maternity leave.
Robin Folsom allegedly faked being pregnant to take paid maternity leave.
Robin Folsom/Twitter
The father of her child, Bran Otmembebwe, was a made-up person, but Folsom, when pressed by investigators in October 2021, doubled down and said he really existed, the indictment against her says.

Folsom had informed the agency that she gave birth once before, in July 2020, and got pregnant again in August 2021. But the IG found there were no official records of Folsom having given birth and her insurance records didn’t indicate any pregnancy or delivery. She resigned from her state gig last October after investigators interviewed her as part of the probe into her fake pregnancies, the release said.

“All state employees, and especially those that communicate with the media and general public on behalf on their agency, should be held to the highest standards of integrity and honesty,” IG Scott McAfee said in a statement. “OIG will continue to hold state employees accountable if they choose to deceive their superiors and receive undeserved compensation.”

Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr charged Folsom with three counts of making false statements and one count of identity fraud.


“Fraud by state employees will not be tolerated,” Carr said in a statement. “By working with Georgia’s independent inspector general, we were able to discover, investigate and put an end to this alleged deception. We will always stand up to protect taxpayer dollars, and we look forward to presenting our case in court.”

two cents ¢¢

CERTIFIED HOSEHEAD!!!

people (especially women) do not give ONE DAMN about what they inflict on children and I defy anyone to prove me wrong

Dysfunctional relationships almost always have a child. The more dysfunctional, the more children.

The selfish wants of adults outweigh the needs of the child.

Some mistakes cannot be fixed, but some mistakes can be 'fixed'.

People who say they sleep like a baby usually don't have one. Leo J. Burke

Adoption agencies have strict criteria (usually). Breeders, whose combined IQ's would barely hit triple digits, have none.

There is no analysis on the motivation behind such deception such as the amount of privileges given to moos, but not to childfree employees.
Perhaps all employees should get a bank of time off regardless of any parental status.

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There is no analysis on the motivation behind such deception such as the amount of privileges given to moos, but not to childfree employees.
Perhaps all employees should get a bank of time off regardless of any parental status.

That would be nice, but it won't happen because those privileges are forced by the government seeking to maintain a population of meat sacks that can be placed by the military industrial complex in front of the enemy to kill.

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Master Of Anti-brat
Excuses!

For every failed attempt to obtain benefits I can only hope at least 50 others succeeded. Equalizing leave would prevent such behavior because it would be fair to all.

I doubt any employer would voluntarily offer universal leave, though. A lot of employers don't even want to give their staff the bare minimum. It would absolutely have to be legally mandated in order to give employers no choice but to offer it, and even if they do, they'll very strongly discourage people from using it. Or they'll make it so people have to be employed a certain number of weeks or months to qualify for it, but then just fire people right before they would become eligible to use it and then hire someone else. Most states are at-will in regard to employment, so there would be nothing to stop them from doing this.