A Minnesota woman sought to further defraud the system when she forged a police report on a work-hours car crash that investigators say never happened. She had been working for Rural Computer Consultants, Inc. and heading off on a business trip, when she reported that she was injured in a car accident. According to reports, she told her employer that a woman she knew was driving her to the airport when they were struck by someone who ran a red light. She reported that she had six broken ribs and subsequently missed a few days of work. During her time missed she submitted an accident report she said had been written by a local sheriff's office official. When she returned to work, though, her colleagues noted that she did not appear to be injured. The employer then reviewed her computer activity and found that the fraudster had conducted several internet searches on accident reports written by local sheriff's deputies and had searched for injury photos of other women, both of which she submitted with her claim. Investigators evidently told reporters that there were neither hospital nor police records of an accident or injury.

She was charged Friday with felony forgery and gross misdemeanor insurance fraud.