Andrea Sirico, a classroom aide at a Brooklyn school, forged funeral letters to request bereavement leave for 21 relatives since 2016. Investigations revealed that she faked over 12 letters for funerals that never took place. This manipulation allowed her to be paid while absent from work, impacting the special-needs students who rely on her. Although five funerals did take place, the authorities could not establish whether she was present. The investigation initiated when a staff member flagged her numerous leave requests.
Since 2016, Brooklyn city classroom aide Andrea Sirico has requested bereavement leave for a shocking 21 dead relatives laid to rest, forging more than 12 funeral letters.
Sirico's actions let her get paid while skipping one to two days of work at her school, which provides services for students with autism and emotional disturbances.
The Special Commissioner of Investigation found that while five of the funerals did occur, it could not confirm Sirico's presence at any of them.
The investigation began when a school staffer noticed that Sirico had requested a suspiciously large number of 'Death in the Family' leave days.
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