A New York man is charged with wrongfully receiving nearly $47,000 in workers’ compensation benefits while working secretly as a disc jockey for a strip club, according to the New York State Insurance Fund.
Officials said they found the defendant was spinning music at the strip club for the past five years – the same time period he also collected work comp benefits from an accident 23 years ago.
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The man was charged with third-degree felony insurance fraud and fraudulent practices, for alleged crimes taking place from January through December 2009. It is also alleged the individual not only misrepresented his return to work, but also his physical capabilities and condition.
Authorities say the man was injured in 1986 while working as a painter for a Central New York cheese company, and he previously denied in three separate written statements to the state Insurance Fund that he had returned to work. During an investigation, (by the state Insurance Fund’s Division of Confidential Investigations, Insurance Department’s Frauds Bureau and the Workers’ Compensation Board Inspector General’s Office) the man admitted he was working as a DJ at the club. On Dec. 14, Utica police took the man into custody on.
During this past year alone, the individual received nearly $3,600 in wage replacement benefits to which he was not entitled, officials said. The potential total for the benefits that he wrongfully received is estimated at $46,815.
“This case underscores an important element of what makes workers’ compensation fraud so expensive,” said Francine James, NYSIF chief deputy executive director. “This case has gone on for 23 years and could have continued for many more had our people not been vigilant.”
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