Double dipping nurse must pay back $23K in Ohio comp case
A Cleveland-area nurse was ordered to pay the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) more than $23,000 in restitution April 7...
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Former Calif. police officer pleads guilty to workers’ comp fraud, gets jail time
A former Santa Ana Police officer lost his job Monday, April 26, 10 days after admitting to felony workers’ compensation fraud....
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N.Y. woman gets probation for false inmate attack claim for comp benefits
A Hudson Falls woman has been sentenced to 5 years of probation for falsely claiming she was attacked by an inmate...
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Calif. farm worker’s alleged med mistreatment exposes biz comp scheme
Farm labor company owners and siblings Elias Perez, 40, of Greenfield, and Alejandra Perez, 37, of Soledad, were arraigned on over...
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Calif. worker observed working in a scrap yard while receiving comp payments
Ahmad Zaki Noori, 41, of Sacramento, was arraigned yesterday on two felony counts of workers’ compensation insurance fraud after allegedly misrepresenting...
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BWC secures 7 fraud-related convictions in February
A doctor who ran a pill mill in Dayton and the owner of a massage parlor in Medina were among seven...
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Calif. firefighter ordered to pay $200K for comp fraud
The Ventura County District Attorney’s Office announced that a Ventura County firefighter, who was sentenced for lying to obtain disability benefits,...
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Former U.S. Postal Service carrier sentenced on federal charge in Maryland for making false statements to obtain disability compensation
U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis today sentenced Ronald S. Repass, age 57, of Poolesville, Maryland, to five years of probation on...
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Shady Calif. repair shop billed insurers for false engine repair
After a lengthy investigation by both the Siskiyou County District Attorney’s Office and the state’s Bureau of Automotive Repair, a Weed...
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Calif. landscaper accused of overstating injury severity to collect comp
Angel Maces, 23, of San Jacinto, was arraigned for felony insurance fraud after allegedly misrepresenting symptoms following a work-related injury in...
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