Trial of woman accused of forging COVID documents rescheduled in Boulder County

1st of February. A former immigration attorney accused of forging COVID documents in order to fail to appear in person during a separate court case has been given a new trial date.

Emily Cohen, 43, pleaded not guilty in March to three counts of trying to influence a public official and three counts of forgery.

Cohen has had several court dates vacated in 2022, and online court records show she is now scheduled for a five-day trial starting July 17. She also has an April 4 hearing and a May 15 motion hearing.

Cohen remains without bail of $100,000.

Cohen was initially found guilty of 13 of 21 counts of post-trial theft in 2014 after prosecutors said she had collected more than $41,000 in cumulative fees from seven immigrant families and then cut off communication without showing visas and work permits she promised her clients.

The Colorado Court of Appeals overturned the convictions in 2018, and Cohen agreed to a new plea deal instead of having a retrial on eleven counts of theft.

But while the case was pending, Cohen did not appear in person at the pretrial conference on November 2, 2021, instead appearing virtually after filing a motion that she tested positive for the coronavirus in Iowa.

The judge in that case issued an order ordering Cohen to appear in person if she fails to test positive after at least one other time she failed to show up for an in-person hearing claiming she had COVID-19.

Prosecutors said Cohen had earlier in July submitted letters from a University of Iowa clinic claiming she had symptoms of COVID, and in November Cohen again submitted a letter from a doctor saying she tested positive.

But, according to the testimony about the arrest, the prosecutors were skeptical about the timing of the preparation of medical notes and began an investigation. The DA investigator found that the doctor mentioned in Cohen’s last note denied ever writing such a letter to Cohen.

An investigator obtained permission from Cohen to examine her medical records while Cohen was in jail in Iowa, where deputies also said she tested negative for COVID-19.

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According to the affidavit, Cohen did receive records from doctors that matched the documents she filed with the court. But investigators found that the wording in the letters in Cohen’s medical file differed from those presented in court.

In one case, the version in Cohen’s medical file stated that “she is no longer contagious”, but the version presented by Cohen to the court states that “she is still contagious”.

The coroner wrote that “although Cohen did receive records from medical professionals on both of these dates, it is clear that the records Cohen submitted to the court in support of her motions to have the warrants canceled were altered from what the providers actually wrote.” .

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