A former SA Health director who sent her children fake death threats and blood-stained clothing as part of an elaborate scam to get workers’ compensation has been re-sentenced to more than six years in jail. Tabitha Lean, 41, and her husband and SA Health colleague Simon Craig Peisley, 38, were found guilty of more than 40 deception charges late last year. Lean was the director of Aboriginal Health Service division when she and Peisley orchestrated a scam which involved sending their children, their children’s school and colleagues fake racist threats relating to work. They also sent packages of what appeared to be blood-stained children’s clothing which resulted in SA Health paying for stress leave, serviced apartments, interstate travel and medical appointments. The couple also received WorkCover payments and had been negotiating a compensation payout of $580,000 when their scam was uncovered. Peisley was jailed earlier this year but Lean was allowed to serve her sentence of six years and eight months on home detention so she could care for their children.
