Texas Mutual: Man Earned $10K a Week While Receiving Benefits

Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that the 331st Travis County District Court sentenced Richard Brooks of Buna on workers’ compensation fraud-related charges.

Brooks must serve five years’ deferred adjudication and repay $19,945 in benefits to Texas Mutual Insurance Company.

Brooks reported a job-related injury while working as a foreman for Boiler Services Inc. The Beaumont-based company specializes in construction and maintenance at refineries and petrochemical plants. Brooks claimed he was unable to work as a result of the injury. Texas Mutual Insurance Company began paying him income benefits.

Meanwhile, Texas Mutual Insurance Company uncovered evidence that Brooks had accepted a contract job working in Iraq. Brooks earned $10,000 a week.

Source: Texas Mutual Insurance Company, www.texasmutual.com

Latest Comments

• November 19, 2007 at 6:13 am

  lastbat says:

  N. Judge, I thought some of the federal contractors had worked this deal for themselves as well. Good to know I was wrong on that one. And in this case would make it even easi... read more
• November 19, 2007 at 1:53 am

  N. Judge says:

  The combat zone military pay exclusion applies only to members of the U.S. Armed Forces. Neither federal civilian employees nor civilian defense contractors deployed with U.S.... read more
• November 19, 2007 at 10:54 am

  wudchuck says:

  here's the problem when u think about that contract of $10k@wk. if that was given for a work to be completed outside of the US, it's not accountable for income or taxes...if ... read more