high level GA employee faked two pregnancies/births for paid time off. wore fake baby bump

[Demovictory9]

A colleague noticed a woman's baby bump was askew. Officials say she faked a pregnancy to get paid time off.

It was March 2021, two months before Robin Folsom's due date, when the government employee's co-worker noticed something was off about her baby bump. The lower part of Folsom's stomach appeared to be detached from her body.

"[The co-worker] believed Folsom wore a fake pregnant stomach," the Georgia Office of the Inspector General said in a news release this week.

The co-worker's observation is one of several findings from the inspector general's investigation that support allegations that Folsom, 43, faked multiple pregnancies. On Feb. 10, a Fulton County grand jury indicted Folsom on three felony counts of making false statements and one felony count of identity fraud.

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Folsom reported her pregnancy to human resources in October 2020, according to the inspector general's office. She announced she gave birth on May 1, 2021, the indictment says.

On May 6, leaders at the agency received an email from a man named Bran Otmembebwe, who said he was the father of Folsom's newborn baby, according to the indictment. He claimed that Folsom's doctor "mandated several weeks of rest following the delivery," the inspector general's office said. Her employer gave her seven weeks of paid leave "that it otherwise would not have approved."

https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/A-colleague-noticed-a-woman-s-baby-bump-was-16929133.php


ATLANTA — A former high level state official is out of work and facing indictment -- accused of faking two pregnancies in order to collect thousands of dollars in leave pay she shouldn’t have received.

Channel 2 investigative reporter Richard Belcher found out Robin Folsom’s story began to unravel when a colleague spotted something baffling.

Folsom had an annual salary of about $100,000 as Director of External Affairs at Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency (GVRA).

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Folsom’s story began to unfold -- quickly. Investigators from the OIG questioned Folsom last October. She stuck to her story.

According to the indictment obtained by the AG’s Office, her story included the creation of a fake person named “Bran Otmembebwe” as the fake father of her fake children.

“We ultimately didn’t find any evidence that he existed. That’s why she’s also been charged with identity fraud,” McAfee said.

Investigators also found no evidence that Folsom had delivered children at Piedmont Hospital, as she claimed, and McAfee says other key records failed to support her claims of giving birth in July of 2020 and again in May of 2021.

https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/fulton-county/georgia-state-official-accused-faking-2-pregnancies/P2LB25N7GVAQTPCJJMKBB7YWYY/

A Georgia State official pretended to be pregnant to take paid maternity leave and even faked a baby bump and sent photos of her 'newborn' to her colleagues, authorities have said.

Robin Folsom, 43, was exposed after staff at the Vocational Rehabilitation Agency saw her fake pregnancy stomach 'come away' from her body and noticed her baby photos featured children with 'varying skin tones', investigators say.


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10524033/Georgia-State-official-faked-pregnancy-wore-phoney-bump-paid-maternity-leave.html

[2naSalit]

1. Are her...

Initial MTG?

[North Shore Chicago]

2. Incidents such as this

is catnip to republicans who think assistance of ANY kind is open for fraud and mischief.

I really do not care for this woman, hold her accountable.

[SharonClark]

5. She wasn't on "assistance". She was a well paid executive in Georgia state government.

[North Shore Chicago]

6. You get my drift. Jesus.

[milestogo]

3. I wonder if she claimed them on her income taxes

or had them covered on her insurance policy.

[MissB]

7. I'm guessing no

She probably claimed that the father (fictional) covered them through his employer’s health care coverage.

Otherwise she’d likely need a ss#.

[treestar]

4. It would be easier to just get pregnant

[LisaL]

8. Not at 43.

[LisaL]

9. She really wanted that paid vacation.

[Stuart G]

10. An Observation..There are people..(like Trump) who think they can get away with.."ANYTHING"...YES,..

ANYTHING AT ALL...WITH NO CONSEQUENCES...... repeat :...NO CONSEQUENCES AT ALL!!

WHEN YOU THINK LIKE THIS....ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN TO YOU..REPEAT: .ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN TO YOU!!....................

and.......................STUPID is still................STUPID...........is still...........STUPID!!!