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Susan Clarke pleads guilty to vaccine fraud after paying NDIS recipient to have COVID-19 jab on her behalf

An Adelaide Hills woman has pleaded guilty to vaccine fraud after she paid someone else to have a COVID-19 jab on her behalf so she could provide proof to her employer.

Chapel Hill woman Susan Clarke, 52, admitted to deceiving SA Health in early January because she needed evidence of the vaccination for her employment.

The court previously heard Clarke paid vulnerable woman Tania Marshall to have the vaccination on her behalf.

Police previously said Clarke accompanied Ms Marshall to the Mount Barker vaccination clinic and deceived SA Health workers into giving the 57-year-old the vaccine in her name by pretending to be her carer.

In March, Ms Marshall, who is a National Disability Insurance Scheme care recipient, was at a court appearance with her sister Fran Perkins.

At the time, Ms Perkins said she was her sister's power of attorney and was shocked to learn she had allegedly been given the vaccine.

She said she had instructed Ms Marshall's real carer to not give her the coronavirus vaccine due to Ms Marshall's multiple health issues.

Clarke will face arraignment in the District Court in October.

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