Insurers Expect Increase in Personal Lines, Workers’ Compensation Fraud September 13, 2013 One in three U.S. and Canadian insurers does not feel adequately protected against fraud and more than half expect personal...
Mississippi County Employee Charged with Workers’ Compensation Fraud September 11, 2013 A Jasper County, Miss., man has been indicted on charges of workers’ compensation fraud. Attorney General Jim Hood said 55-year-old...
Ohio Man Ordered to Pay Nearly $29K for Workers’ Comp Fraud June 26, 2013 An Ohio man was sentenced for working while receiving disability payments from the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) for...
New Position to Target Workers’ Comp Fraud in Rhode Island June 6, 2013 Officials in Rhode Island are creating a new position to prosecute fraud in the state’s unemployment and workers’ compensation program....
Montana Man Pleads Guilty In Workers’ Comp Fraud Case June 6, 2013 A 76-year-old Havre, Mont. man has pleaded guilty to mail fraud in a case for failing to report that he...
Ex-Alaska Worker Charged With Workers’ Comp Fraud May 23, 2013 A former Alaska state employee and his supposed masseuse are accused of worker’s compensation fraud. Scott A. Groom and Laurayne...
Texas Mutual: 3rd Provider Sentenced in Fraud Scheme April 15, 2013 Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced that Michael T. Douglas of Denton, Texas, pleaded guilty to charges of perjury in a...
Ohio Physician Ordered to Repay $16K-Plus for Workers’ Comp Fraud March 12, 2013 A Dayton, Ohio, physician who was banned from treating injured workers in 2009 pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation fraud after...
Ex-Southern California Firefighter Sentenced For Fake Workers’ Comp March 8, 2013 Prosecutors say a Los Angeles city firefighter has been sentenced to probation for filing workers’ compensation claims at the same...
Mass. Biz Owner to Pay $42K for Workers’ Comp Premium Avoidance Scheme February 20, 2013 Authorities announced that a Nantucket, Mass., business owner has pleaded guilty to charges he failed to accurately report his total...