A German teacher who spent 16 years on sick leave allegedly built a successful beauty business and took up scuba diving while continuing to collect her full salary.
The unnamed woman, 62, has been charged with defrauding her college of nearly €250,000 (£209,000).
She is also accused of forging two medical certificates in an attempt to show she was fit to scuba dive.
The teacher stopped attending work at a vocational business college in Wesel, near Germany‘s border with the Netherlands, in 2009 due to a chronic illness and psychological problems.
But she remained on full pay, submitting sick notes while allegedly pursuing a second
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