Woman Forges Dead Mom's Signature for 13 Years

A 64-year-old Idaho woman has been charged taking $182,000 in workers' compensation checks that were intended for her deceased mother. The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries had mailed checks for 30 years to Irene Arnold whose husband died following an industrial accident. But Arnold died Aug. 8, 1989.It is alleged that Arnold's daughter, Margaret Villanueva, was able to get away with the scam for 13 years because she lived out of state, and was able to forge her mother's signature on standard forms required to ensure the continuation of benefits. Villanueva began receiving pa...