Lying About Health
Fraudulent health claims.
By Rachel Morgan, Marketing –
Sarah A. Delashmit, age 35, was indicted for committing various types of fraud including identity theft.
According to the FBI press release associated with the case, “Delashmit is accused of falsely claiming she had breast cancer and genetic disorders to receive financial assistance and other benefits.”
These benefits included attending Camp Summit, a nonprofit camp for disabled individuals. Despite her complete ability to walk, Delashmit pretended to require assistance in her daily activities, confining herself to a wheelchair. Delashmit also claimed to be a breast cancer survivor in order to receive donations and a trip through a non-profit organization called Young Survival Coalition. In addition to her alleged lies about her health, Delashmit is accused of lying to businesses in order receive a $4,499 triathlon bicycle.
Despite the accusations, Delashmit will be considered innocent until proven guilty. Regardless of the outcome of her approaching trial, this case stands as a reminder that there are people that lie in order to reap the rewards of the innocent kindness of others. The programs that Delashmit allegedly conned were organized to provide care and service to those in need. It is heartbreaking to think that someone might choose to abuse those services.
In order to promote honesty in the world, new technologies have been developed to hold people accountable for their claims. Lying is an international plague affecting millions. To protect the innocent from fraudulent crimes, lie detection companies develop new technology to make lie detection more and more efficient. For example, EyeDetect®, technology developed over the course of the last 10 years, has made groundbreaking progress in the lie detection field. Because of EyeDetect, lie detection tests are faster, more affordable and more efficient than ever before.
EyeDetect aims to hold individuals accountable for their claims and they do so by discovering the truth within a person’s eyes.
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