Worker Faked Virus Diagnosis, Triggering Office Closure: DOJ

A Georgia man was charged with defrauding his employer after submitting a falsified “medical excuse” letter that indicated he had contracted Covid-19, leading the company to close its facility, a federal prosecutor said.

The company’s response included cleaning its office and paying its workers during the shutdown, causing “a loss in excess of $100,000 to the corporation and the unnecessary quarantine of several of the defendant’s coworkers,” according to a Thursday statement from the office of Byung Pak, U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Georgia.

Santwon Antonio Davis, 34, was employed by “a Fortune 500 company” with a location ...