A Sharonville, Ohio, man has been sentenced in court for working as a cable installer while receiving workers’ compensation benefits. Gary Metz must repay the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) $7,165 by Dec. 30 or risk jail time.
BWC’s Special Investigations Department investigated Metz and found he was working as a cable technician for Comteam Inc., owned by his brother. Metz was working full time for the company while receiving living maintenance and non-working wage loss benefits.
Non-working wage loss is payable to injured workers who are unable to find suitable employment, and living maintenance is paid to an injured worker while they are participating in a vocational rehabilitation plan.
Metz pleaded guilty November 22 in the Franklin County Common Pleas court to one felony count of workers’ compensation fraud.
He was ordered to pay restitution of $6,165 and investigative costs of $1,000. He was also sentenced to six months in Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, suspended if he pays restitution and court costs by Dec. 30.
Source: Ohio BWC
Topics Fraud Workers' Compensation Ohio
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