Government worker pleads guilty to stealing from ill, homeless
TORONTO — Preadorshani Biazar was a relatively low-earning provincial bureaucrat with an unemployed husband when she was arrested in 2007 — yet she was able to travel the world, own three Toronto-area homes and drive an expensive luxury SUV.
On Tuesday, the woman’s secret source of wealth was unearthed in a Toronto courtroom, as Biazar pleaded guilty to stealing more than $1.23 million from mentally ill, homeless and even dead people whose interests she was supposed to be protecting.
They include the tale of one homeless, mentally ill man who had lived on the streets for decades when Biazar took over his case in 2007. Because the man’s government benefits went untouched, he had accrued nearly $116,000 in an account.
She drove a BMW X5, owned a $30,000 power boat and travelled to Europe, Las Vegas, Dubai and Halifax. The family took multiple ski vacations to Mont Tremblant and Collingwood and ationed at summer resorts.
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Ron Payne
Welfare Legal
Hamilton, Ontario
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Thursday, July 16, 2009
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Welfare worker had escort licence, stole rent cheques
From the archives.
This welfare worker fraud story came to light after the BC government sold a batch of computer tapes at a government auction.
A former welfare case worker was accused of embezzling money and using her job to recruit workers for an escort service, a confidential document from computer tapes sold by the B.C. government has revealed.
She said the woman wrote cheques to herself using money that should have gone to pay for the rent of ministry clients.
The transcript is contained in a file on one of 41 computer tapes sold by the provincial government on May 17, 2005, at a public auction in Surrey. The tapes were sold for $101 in an auction lot along with other assorted computer equipment.
Among the other files on the tapes are records on thousands of people's medical status -- including a listing of some people with HIV or mental illness -- and a record of whether they are considered fit for work.
That file also contains social insurance numbers, provincial health numbers and other confidential information.
Another file on the tapes contains a listing of the names, social insurance numbers and internal government file numbers for more than 30,000 refugees.
While much of the sensitive information on those tapes deals with members of the public, there is also confidential information on government employees themselves.
http://www2.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=aebf3fbd-24ab-4225-a3bd-dd5628eb60ae&p=2
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Ron Payne
Welfare Legal
Hamilton, Ontario
Email welfarelegal2004(at)hotmail(dot)com welfarelegal2004@hotmail.com
Blog http://welfarelegal.blogspot.com/
This welfare worker fraud story came to light after the BC government sold a batch of computer tapes at a government auction.
A former welfare case worker was accused of embezzling money and using her job to recruit workers for an escort service, a confidential document from computer tapes sold by the B.C. government has revealed.
She said the woman wrote cheques to herself using money that should have gone to pay for the rent of ministry clients.
The transcript is contained in a file on one of 41 computer tapes sold by the provincial government on May 17, 2005, at a public auction in Surrey. The tapes were sold for $101 in an auction lot along with other assorted computer equipment.
Among the other files on the tapes are records on thousands of people's medical status -- including a listing of some people with HIV or mental illness -- and a record of whether they are considered fit for work.
That file also contains social insurance numbers, provincial health numbers and other confidential information.
Another file on the tapes contains a listing of the names, social insurance numbers and internal government file numbers for more than 30,000 refugees.
While much of the sensitive information on those tapes deals with members of the public, there is also confidential information on government employees themselves.
http://www2.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=aebf3fbd-24ab-4225-a3bd-dd5628eb60ae&p=2
For more stories go to http://welfarelegal.blogspot.com/
Ron Payne
Welfare Legal
Hamilton, Ontario
Email welfarelegal2004(at)hotmail(dot)com welfarelegal2004@hotmail.com
Blog http://welfarelegal.blogspot.com/
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