An investigation conducted by the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) found a Medina attorney conspired to commit fraud by employing an injured worker she was representing in a workers’ compensation case. Natalie Grubb pleaded guilty to fraud in a …
Pennsylvania hit a new yearly high in reported insurance fraud crimes. Of the 3,274 fraud referrals received by the 11 law enforcement agencies funded by the Pennsylvania Insurance Fraud Prevention Authority (IFPA), 2,302 referrals came from insurers, 240 from other …
A Cleveland man pleaded guilty to fraud after investigators with the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) caught him on video working as a tow truck driver while he was supposed to be off work recovering from a workplace injury. …
An L&I investigation led to a four-and-a-half month jail sentence for a Kettle Falls, Wash., woman who admitted to stealing more than $30,000 in workers’ compensation benefits, the Department of Labor & Industries announced. Heather L. Payne, 22, was sentenced …
Jason O. Klein Coshocton County pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation fraud after the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) received two complaints about him on its anonymous fraud hotline. Klein appeared before Judge Pollitt in the Franklin County Municipal Court …
Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that a Travis County district court sentenced Chindra Michael on workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. Michael was sentenced to four years’ deferred adjudication. She was also ordered to pay $3,010 in restitution to Texas Mutual and …
The president of a now-defunct Mercer County, N.J., construction company was sentenced to eight years in state prison for stealing more than $450,000, according to Attorney General Jeffrey S. Chiesa. New Jersey’s AG’s office reported that Herlindo Garcia-Merlos, 49, provided …
Doyle Ronald Wheeler, 36, of Spokane, Wash., has been charged in Spokane County Superior Court with first degree felony theft for illegally collecting workers’ compensation benefits. Wheeler collected benefits from 2008 to 2011 on a workplace-injury claim for a neck …
A former Prairieville, La., resident is accused of stealing more than $215,000 from workers’ compensation cases and a service firm that managed those cases for insurance companies. Assistant U.S. Attorney Cam T. Le said in a court filing that Cynthia …
An Ohio man has been sentenced for workers’ compensation fraud after investigators with the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) captured undercover video contradicting his claim that he couldn’t lift more than 10 pounds. The video of Jason Dross bench …