workers’ compensation fraud News

Florida Alleges $2.7 Million Workers’ Compensation Fraud

Florida regulators have announced the arrest of a North Carolina man who allegedly collected more than $2.7 million in workers’ compensation premiums from a company by providing a fake policy. Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater said that Delmas Fuller, …

Ex-Boston Officer Gets Prison Term for Fake Injury

A former Boston police officer has been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for faking injuries so he could claim disability payments. Eliezer Gonzalez was also sentenced Monday to two years of probation and ordered to pay more than …

Texas Workers’ Comp Fraud Convictions Announced

Two men, in separate cases, were sentenced on workers’ compensation fraud-related charges, Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported. Roberto Espericueta of McAllen must serve one year of probation and pay $3,500 in restitution to Texas Mutual. Carlos J. Macias-Arango (aka Carlos …

Texas Man Pleads Guilty to Workers’ Compensation Fraud

Ronaldo Martins of Irving, Texas, was sentenced to one year of deferred adjudication and ordered to pay $2,850 in restitution to Texas Mutual Insurance Company as a result of his guilty plea on a workers’ compensation fraud-related charge. Martins reported …

California Bagel Company Owners Ordered to Pay Restitution

Posh Bagel owners Cheryl Lee, Jeffrey Ottoveggio, and Bruce Campbell, were sentenced in Santa Clara County Superior Court on unemployment insurance tax fraud and workers’ compensation insurance fraud counts, according to California State Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones. According to authorities, …

Feds Probing Illinois State Agencies’ Workers’ Compensation Payouts

Two federal prosecutors are investigating possible workers’ compensation abuses at Illinois government agencies after disclosures of millions of dollars in payouts and questionable practices by arbitrators. The Associated Press obtained five subpoenas from U.S. attorneys in the central and southern …

California Woman in Workers’ Compensation Fraud Case Surrenders

California officials report that a Daly City woman charged with workers’ compensation fraud has surrendered. Emily Kathleen Everett, also known as Emily Hegner, surrendered on March 9, as a result of a $120,000 arrest warrant based on 10 felony charges …