An Ohio woman pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation fraud and attempted theft Nov. 5 in Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas. Rose Marinescu was sentenced on both charges, which are first-degree misdemeanors. This follows her 2011 conviction in Rocky River …
A woman who once appeared on the reality show “Bridezillas” has been charged with insurance fraud in Los Angeles County. The California Department of Insurance said in a statement Wednesday that 55-year-old Anita Maxwell has been charged with 14 felony …
Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt has filed a worker’s compensation fraud charge against a Lawton man who allegedly submitted multiple timesheets to receive payment for hours he didn’t work. Pruitt charged James Dorman Jackson with the crime. It wasn’t immediately …
Prosecutors say they have grounds to charge a Southern California woman who claimed she scalded her hand with McDonald’s coffee. Thirty-eight-year-old Selena Edwards of Victorville was charged last month with 21 felony counts of insurance and worker’s compensation fraud. Authorities …
An Ohio woman was sentenced Oct. 16 in Franklin County Court of Common Pleas to 30 days in jail and ordered to pay $124,573.07 in restitution to the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) after operating a home healthcare agency …
A Butte, Mont., woman is charged with felony theft of more than $16,000 in worker’s compensation benefits after filing what state officials say was a false claim. Melody Collier pleaded not guilty in District Court in Helena on Thursday. The …
Ohio’s injured worker insurance fund sets goals for the number of fraud cases its investigators should refer for prosecution annually – an arrangement some former employees say encourages the pursuit of innocent people, an Ohio TV news investigation has found. …
An Ohio man was ordered to pay more than $31,000 in restitution to the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC). Shannon Watson was sentenced Sept. 19 in Franklin County Court of Common Pleas on one count of workers’ compensation fraud, …
A former New London, Conn., police officer fired over accusations he leaked an internal police document and later rehired has resigned following his arrest on charges he fraudulently collected workers’ compensation benefits. David McElroy was charged with workers’ compensation fraud. …
Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater touted the arrests of more than 100 immigrant agriculture workers last July as an effort to crack down on the costly problem of workers’ compensation fraud. But it quickly became apparent the raid on …