CNA Collected $22K In Fraudulent Comp Benefits

A Waterbury woman was arrested today and charged with illegally collecting $22,000 in Workers’ Compensation benefits.
ROSAURA RODRIGUEZ, age 51, of 161 Prospect Street, Waterbury, was arrested by Inspectors from the Workers’ Compensation Fraud Control Unit in the Office of the Chief State’s Attorney on an arrest warrant charging her with one count of Fraudulent Claim or Receipt of Benefits. According to the arrest warrant affidavit, Rodriguez collected more than $22,000 in Workers’ Compensation benefits as a result of a work-related injury she reported suffering in June 2015 while employed as a certified nursing assistant (CNA) at Saint Mary’s Hospital in Waterbury.