A former Ohio man was ordered to pay more than $26,000 in workers’ compensation restitution. David Delvecchio pleaded guilty April 29 in Franklin County Common Pleas Court to one count of workers’ compensation fraud, a fifth-degree felony, after the Ohio …
A Spokane, Wash., woman stands accused of raking in more than $100,000 in disability benefits while working with her husband to operate his motel, and their nightclub and apartment building. The Washington Attorney General’s Office has charged Mistie S. Crosby …
Brooklynn Mieczkowski was ordered to pay more than $10,000 after investigators with the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) recorded surveillance video that proved the culinary student was improperly collecting workplace injury benefits. Mieczkowski pleaded guilty June 24 in Franklin …
A Ohio man was ordered to pay more than $2,000 in connection with working while receiving workplace injury benefits. Shannon Rager pleaded guilty June 26 in Franklin County Court of Common Pleas to one count of workers’ compensation fraud, a …
A Texas doctor was was sentenced to five years’ confinement, according to Texas Mutual Insurance Company. On May 16, 2014, a Travis County jury convicted Howard T. Douglas, III, M.D. of Frisco on felony workers’ compensation fraud-related charges for overbilling …
Tim Shelley, owner of Tim’s Plumbing, was arrested on felony charges of workers’ compensation insurance fraud and grand theft. A joint investigation with the Department of Insurance and Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office uncovered Shelley’s multiple illegal business operations, alleged …
A former Ohio man was ordered to pay more than $13,000 in workers’ compensation restitution. Russell Whitman pleaded guilty June 12 to workers’ compensation fraud, a fifth-degree felony, after an investigation by the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) revealed …
A former Chelsea, Maine, selectwoman convicted of extortion and fraud has been sentenced to seven years in federal prison on 10 charges. Carole Swan was sentenced on Friday to 87 months. Swan, who spent 19 years as selectwoman, was convicted …
A Travis County jury convicted Howard T. Douglas, III, M.D. of Frisco, Texas, on felony workers’ compensation fraud-related charges for overbilling Texas Mutual for functional capacity evaluations, according to an announcement by Texas Mutual Insurance Company. Sentencing is set for …
A Ohio business owner was ordered to pay $3,500 in connection with lapsed workers’ compensation coverage. Ronald G. Larlham pleaded guilty May 12 in Portage County Municipal Court to workers’ compensation fraud, a first-degree misdemeanor. The BWC’s compliance department referred …