Man Fakes Coronavirus With Pretend Doctors Note Causing His Office To Shut Down
“It seems to me like the fella just wanted a two-week, paid vacation.”
31-year-old, Jeffrey Travis Long, handed his employer a note this week which sent his workplace into chaos.
The man from South Carolina, was working at Sitel Corporation – a call center in Spartanburg County – when he decided it would be a good idea to pretend to have tested positive for the Coronavirus.
His forged note read:
Dear Mr. Long,
I am writing at your request to provide a note for your work regarding missing days.
You were seen at Primary Care 1 here at the CGVAMC on 03/12/2020 with a positive test for the COVID-19 virus. You may return to work on 03/27/2020 following retesting on 3/27/2020.
Please let us know if you require anything further.
Long has since been arrested and charged with breach of peace and forgery.
At a news conference, Spartanburg County Sheriff Chuck Wright said, “I don’t know the dollar number it cost to disinfect their whole entire building, but it was a large number. It wasn’t a hundred bucks. It was more than that. It seems to me like the fella just wanted a two-week, paid vacation. You can’t do this to people.”
Sitel Corporation released a statement regarding Long’s behavior.
The statement read:
On March 13, we reported to authorities that an employee at our Spartanburg, South Carolina site self-reported testing positive for COVID-19.
Once reported, we immediately evacuated employees from the Spartanburg site and conducted rigorous sanitization of the entire facility.
Today, the Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office alerted Sitel that this employee made fraudulent claims about testing positive for COVID-19.
Based on these fraudulent claims, the Spartanburg Sheriff’s Office has issued an arrest warrant for this individual. The individual is no longer employed at Sitel.
We are currently working in close partnership with the Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office, and since this is an ongoing investigation, we will direct any requests for statements or information about this investigation to the Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office.
At this time, our focus is on the safety and well being of our employees who returned to work at our Spartanburg site on Wednesday, March 18th, 2020.
