Workers Comp Fraud Sweep Nets 8 in N.Y.

The New York State Insurance Fund said a fraud sweep in Nassau County resulted in the arrests of eight people who allegedly took a combined $938,000 in fraudulent workers compensation benefits.

The arrests came after a year-long investigation, said Nassau District Attorney Kathleen Rice.

Six people were taken into custody — and arrest warrants were issued for two more – for felony charges ranging from grand larceny and insurance fraud to falsifying business records, perjury and violation of the workers compensation law.

The NYSIF said the estimated savings that would result from the investigations, combined with the actual fraud alleged to have been committed total almost $1.5 million.

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• December 22, 2007 at 12:27 pm

  mcheck57 says:

  You will also note that some of the fraud was by employers.That is why the 2007 changes in NY focus a lot on underreporting of payroll and failure to maintain coverage
• December 22, 2007 at 9:15 am

  wudchuck says:

  i am glad for stings and operations like these. good news is that they a few folks not behaving. the potential is enormous when you talk about a savings. NY spent good mone... read more