The owner of a residential construction business in Dayton who under reported his payroll by millions of dollars to lower his workers’ comp premiums has been sentenced for workers’ compensation fraud, the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) reported.
Honorato Camacho, owner of Field Construction LLC, pleaded guilty to a fifth-degree felony count of workers’ compensation fraud on July 12. Acting on a tip, BWC investigators found Camacho had deliberately under reported his payroll by more than $3.5 million from 2013 to 2015.
“Mr. Camacho’s scheme saved him more than $300,000 in premiums, but look what it cost him in the end — he still owes us for the premiums and now he has a felony criminal record on top of it,” said Jim Wernecke, director of BWC’s special investigations department.
Judge Mary Wiseman in the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas ordered Camacho to pay BWC $255,434 in restitution, the balance owed after repayments he made prior to sentencing. She also sentenced Camacho to five years’ community control.
Source: Ohio BWC
Topics Fraud Workers' Compensation Ohio
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