June 15, 2011
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, …
June 8, 2011
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 …
May 12, 2011
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 …
April 22, 2011
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 …
April 21, 2011
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, …
April 5, 2011
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 …
March 25, 2011
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 …