Check cashing companies in Florida may be saddled with new regulations for their role in facilitating workers’ compensation fraud in the construction industry. Among other things, check cashing companies may have to submit any transactions above $1,000 to a statewide …
Pamela Gosney, 51, was charged with workers’ compensation fraud, according to the Oklahoma Attorney General Workers’ Compensation Fraud Unit. According to authorities, Gosney filed a claim with the Workers’ Compensation Court on May 24, 2010, for alleged injuries sustained while …
An Ohio man has been sentenced in a fraud case after investigators from the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) captured video not only showing him working a roofing job while receiving benefits, but also leaving the worksite to attend …
A Los Angeles police detective has pleaded no contest to workers’ compensation insurance fraud for running two private businesses while out on a disability claim for job-related stress. Police said Wednesday that John Vach Jr. has agreed to pay back …
The Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office has filed charges against two people accused of workers compensation fraud. Attorney General Scott Pruitt says charges were filed Thursday against 50-year-old Raul Orozco of Perry and 49-year-old Zeina Khatib of Tulsa. Orozco faces counts …
A former Tulsa attorney has been sentenced to 10 years in prison and ordered to pay $700,000 in restitution for worker’s compensation fraud and embezzlement. Attorney General Scott Pruitt said Tuesday that William Anton drew the sentence in Tulsa County …
Texas Mutual Insurance Co. reported that a Travis County district court sentenced Derrick F. Crockrom of Houston on workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. Crockrom was sentenced to 15 days in jail and two years’ deferred adjudication. He was also ordered to …
11 individuals were convicted or pleaded guilty to charges related to defrauding Ohio’s workers’ compensation system during the month of June, reported the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC). BWC launched recently launched a special investigations Facebook page that can …
Nearly $32 million in grants will be given to district attorneys across California to investigate and prosecute workers’ compensation insurance fraud, announced insurance commissioner Dave Jones. The grant funding is the result of assessments on California employers that are determined …
Oscar Fuentes III was arrested on two Felony counts of insurance fraud, according to the California Insurance Commissioner’s office. Fuentes was booked into the Mendocino County Jail and bail has been set at $60,000.00. According to investigators, on August 14, …