Harry Posted April 11, 2014 Share #1 Posted April 11, 2014 A woman who collected damages from the MTA by claiming she got injured on a city bus was tripped up by a video that showed her falling before she boarded, records show. Reyna Geraldino, 51, who was paid about $9,000 for the September 2012 mishap, is now facing fraud and perjury charges. She allegedly wrote in a sworn statement that she tried to board an M15 bus in Manhattan’s Kips Bay neighborhood, but the driver slammed the door on her arm, causing her to fall. She later testified that “both feet were inside of said bus when the bus driver closed the doors,” records show.Read more: Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BreeddekalbL Posted April 11, 2014 Share #2 Posted April 11, 2014 they should release the tape, also regarding releasing the tape when they were in litigation would releasing the tape tainted their case? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E For Erica Posted April 11, 2014 Share #3 Posted April 11, 2014 People really would fake accidents for money... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traingoat Posted April 11, 2014 Share #4 Posted April 11, 2014 People really would fake accidents for money... And collect and collect. Insurance scams are the number one fraud out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lupojohn Posted April 11, 2014 Share #5 Posted April 11, 2014 It's good the found this out. They should get the money back they gave her and not be liable for anything they didn't cause. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjbr40 Posted April 12, 2014 Share #6 Posted April 12, 2014 i wish i could see the video. i want to see this for myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B35 via Church Posted April 13, 2014 Share #7 Posted April 13, 2014 People really would fake accidents for money... You mean you were never told as a kid that, if a car hits you, always stay down... even if the car grazes you, stay down... even if you do end up getting hit & lose your balance/equilibrium (not dead on, but to the point where you do not remotely have to be hospitalized) & can get back up on your own power & have nothing else other than a scratch on you, always stay down?? (If you have, then that was the point of that... I had family members that told me that during my years of adolescence) I know several kids (was in high school at the time) that tried their hand at that (along neptune & along brighton beach av, under the brighton line).... of course nothing ever came of it. But as was said, insurance scams are a big problem in this country.... They're too easy to do & the punishment for being caught lying (like in this case) I think, is too light.... It needs to come to a point where people are so afraid of filing illegitimate claims, that they'll only file legitimate claims when applicable.... Otherwise, this BS is gonna continue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QM1to6Ave Posted April 13, 2014 Share #8 Posted April 13, 2014 These scams are such a huge problem. They clog up the courts with worthless lawsuits, and the only people that benefit are the slimebag "personal injury" lawyers that advertise on tv at 2 am. I wonder why the MTA even paid the 9000 to begin with if they had this video evidence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missabassie Posted April 13, 2014 Share #9 Posted April 13, 2014 America has a massive victim complex... its what makes this nation go round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blitz Posted April 13, 2014 Share #10 Posted April 13, 2014 My only problem with this is that it took them so long to actually review the footage from the camera in the bus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B35 via Church Posted April 13, 2014 Share #11 Posted April 13, 2014 America has a massive victim complex... its what makes this nation go round. ...and it starts with this nation's pandering to women. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missabassie Posted April 14, 2014 Share #12 Posted April 14, 2014 America has a massive victim complex... its what makes this nation go round. ...and it starts with this nation's pandering to women. Hell m***af***in yea.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aemoreira81 Posted April 15, 2014 Share #13 Posted April 15, 2014 Elsewhere, it was said that the MTA probably knew it was a scam, but needed to go through with the case and settlement before she could be busted...to see if she was really that bold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nwerner Posted June 11, 2014 Share #14 Posted June 11, 2014 I doubt they would have wasted the courts time like that if they really had evidence that it was a scam at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aemoreira81 Posted June 17, 2014 Share #15 Posted June 17, 2014 I doubt they would have wasted the courts time like that if they really had evidence that it was a scam at the time. Until she cashed the check, they couldn't say that she benefited from the scam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WannaBeMTA12 Posted June 18, 2014 Share #16 Posted June 18, 2014 What happened to the driver? Sent from my SPH-L720T using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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