‘Sick leave abuse is a plague’: former NYC corrections officer pleads guilty to fraud
Federal officials announced Tuesday that former correction officer Eduardo Trinidad pleaded guilty to federal program fraud, after admitting that he had fraudulently obtained his salary from the New York City Department of Correction by taking sick leave despite being able to work.
“The defendants have admitted stealing taxpayer funds by collecting their full salaries while falsely claiming they were too sick to work,” United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Breon Peace said in a statement. “Sick leave abuse is a plague on the New York City Department of Correction that puts fellow officers and inmates at risk during the ongoing staffing crisis in the jails.
“These correction officers faked medical documentation to take sick leave they were not entitled to in the midst of a city jail staffing crisis. They violated DOC policy, and they broke the law,” Strauber said in a statement. “Their conduct — including travel around the country, partying, bowling, and home repairs, on stolen sick leave time — is an insult to the correction officers who do their jobs, who show up to work and risk their personal safety on a daily basis.
Coaxum, 36, fraudulently obtained more than $80,000 in salary while on sick leave from March 2021 through April 2022, while Trinidad, her fiancé, conned the department out of more than $119,000 in salary while on sick leave from June 2021 through October 2022.
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