Sarah Cavanaugh was a soft-spoken social worker living with her wife in Rhode Island. But in her double life – one made possible by committing extensive fraud at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs – she played the role of a wounded Marine dying of cancer. Cavanaugh defrauded several charities and many individuals of more than $280,000. With support from the Fund, Jake Halpern produced a six-episode podcast for the Deep Cover series. The podcast goes beyond the scam story to uncover the systemic gaps in healthcare and veteran care that undergird Cavanaugh’s story.
In new podcast, grantee digs into systemic issues behind stunning fraud case
