A Wilmington, Massachusetts man has been indicted in connection with allegedly failing to accurately report the nature of his company’s work in order to avoid $120,000 in insurance premiums, Attorney General Maura Healey announced recently.
Robert Foss, age 54, of Wilmington, was indicted by a Suffolk Grand Jury on charges of Workers’ Compensation Fraud (four counts).
Authorities allege that between 2009 and 2012, Foss defrauded two insurance companies under three separate insurance policies by describing his Burlington business as a general contractor, when in reality, it was a roofing company. The Workers Compensation Ratings and Inspection Bureau (WCRIB) classified roofing as a more dangerous occupation than general carpentry and place a higher premium on insurance.
According to authorities, Foss also inaccurately described the nature of his business on an application for insurance through the Massachusetts Workers Compensation Assigned Risk Pool in 2011.
As a result of these alleged schemes, Foss put his insurance companies and his workers at risk by failing to cover injuries that could have occurred because of roofing work and in the process evaded paying $120,000 in workers comp insurance premiums.
Author Kori Shafer-Stack, Editor, Amaxx Risk Solutions, Inc. is an expert in post-injury response procedures and part of the Amaxx team helping companies reduce their workers compensation costs by 20% to 50%. www.reduceyourworkerscomp.com. Contact: kstack@reduceyourworkerscomp.com.
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