Why It Pays to Investigate Workers Comp Claims

Employee Must Pay Back $10,000 in Workers' Comp Fraud Case A retired sergeant with the San Joaquin County, California Sheriff's Office offered a plea of no contest to misdemeanor workers' compensation fraud charges for allegedly drawing disability payments while working on his Montana retirement home. A judge ordered the 51-year-old retiree to pay back $10,000 and serve one year probation as part of the negotiated plea deal. The defendant initially was looking at two felony counts on charges he fraudulently collected $56,000 in compensation payments. (workersxzcompxzkit) According to the San Joaquin County Deputy District Attorney's Office, investigators saw the defendant working on his Montana home even though he was receiving workers' comp benefits on a claim he had physical limitations. Author: Robert Elliott, J.D.

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