SAN MATEO, Calif.
(AP) - A sex romp at a public park helped prosecutors convict a California woman of
faking an ankle injury to collect workers' compensation payments, authorities
said.
Modupe Adunni Martin, 29, was
sentenced to nine months in jail on Thursday in San Mateo County
after pleading no contest in October to felony workers compensation fraud.
Martin was caught on videotape in
August 2009 throwing her crutches into a car and running in high heels to meet
her boyfriend at a public park, where she took part in a sex act that doctors
concluded she couldn't have done with an injured ankle, District Attorney Steve
Wagstaffe said.
She was arrested and charged with 10
counts of insurance fraud.
"I guess love just helps one
get over injuries," Wagstaffe said in a phone interview on Friday.
Martin reported the injury in
February 2009 while working as a janitor for the Sequoia Union
High School
District.
Claiming the injury left her unable
to walk, Martin made 10 visits to doctors over a three-month span. A co-worker
suspected she was exaggerating and alerted the district, which advised
investigators.
Martin was taken into custody after
sentencing. A call to her attorney, Emily Andrews, by The Associated Press was
not immediately returned.
Martin was also sentenced to 3 years
of supervised probation and ordered to pay more than $79,000 in restitution.
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