A Ohio man has been sentenced for working while receiving workers’ compensation benefits for a prior workplace injury. Charles Morris, Jr. was sentenced last week and must repay nearly $30,000 he improperly collected from the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation …
A former police officer in a southwestern Illinois village is accused of collecting nearly $190,000 in fraudulent worker’s compensation benefits. A Madison County grand jury indicted 43-year-old Richard Turner of Glen Carbon on Thursday of two counts apiece of theft …
The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) announced 15 individuals were convicted of or pleaded guilty to charges related to defrauding Ohio’s workers’ compensation system during November. The court actions are the result of investigations conducted by BWC’s special investigations …
Attorney General Scott Pruitt’s Workers’ Compensation and Insurance Fraud Unit has filed a charge against a Tulsa woman for allegedly filing a false insurance claim. Carolin Reinschmiedt (aka Carolyn Reinschmiedt), 44, a health services provider, was arrested on Dec. 7 …
Tennessee authorities announced recently that a Memphis business owner had been indicted for alleged workers’ compensation fraud. The state grand jury for Shelby County indicted Richard Nobles for four counts of workers’ compensation fraud over $60,000 (a class B felony). …
When a Southern California family was convicted of workers’ compensation insurance premium fraud, it wasn’t due to sophisticated software, a supercomputer or even high-tech surveillance techniques. It was the result of good old-fashioned detective work, according to Maryann Lazernik, who …
Authorities say a veteran Las Vegas traffic officer has been suspended without pay following his arrest on felony fraud charges in a workers’ compensation case. Police said in a statement Friday that 46-year-old John Allen Wilson was relieved of duty …
A Ohio home health aide has been sentenced to prison for failing to pay restitution related to a 2010 conviction for workers’ compensation and Medicaid fraud. Clinton McKinney was originally sentenced in 2010 for falsifying the length of time he …
A Ohio doctor is the second in his family to be convicted of workers’ compensation fraud and banned from treating Ohio injured workers. Dr. David Esarco pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation fraud for improper billing practices a year after his …
Detroit officials say they’re making plans to lay off 400 to 500 city employees in the new year, roughly 5 percent of the workforce. The disclosure was made Dec. 7 as Mayor Dave Bing said he has enough votes in …