NY woman gets feds' goat for compensation claim

[April 20, 2010]  SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) -- Take note: Selling goats and collecting workers comp don't mix. An upstate New York woman faces up to five years in prison and a fine up to $250,000 after admitting she sold goats while collecting more than $60,000 in workers compensation.

Susan Tansosch pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to making false statements to the U.S. Department of Labor.

In the plea announced Tuesday, U.S. Attorney Richard Hartunian said Tansosch collected the benefits after she told authorities she wasn't making money from other employment. She was selling goats near Syracuse.

Tansosch, 53, was to be sentenced Aug. 4. A message left at a listing for Tansosch was not returned Tuesday.

[Associated Press]

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