Target Employee Staged Accident Caught on Tape

An employee of a New Jersey Target got herself into deep trouble recently. She attempted to stage an elaborate fake accident in order to collect the workers’ comp benefits; but she made a huge mistake in apparently forgetting to turn off the security cameras. “If you are considering a crime,...

April 24th, 2012 | Insurance Fraud, s | Read More

Son of WA Lt. Gov. in Court for Theft, Forgery

The son of Washington’s Lt. Gov. Brad Owen was in court recently on charges that allege that he defrauded the state by filing false disability claims. He pled not guilty. According to KIMATV, Mark L. Owen, 39, faces four counts of first-degree theft and one count of forgery. The charges stem from what...

April 16th, 2012 | Insurance Fraud | Read More

Cage Fighting and Workman’s Comp Don’t Mix

Peanut butter and jelly, dogs and chew toys, a hammer and nails; those are things that go together very well. You know what doesn’t go together? Worker’s Compensation benefits and MMA fighting. At least not for a certain California firefighter. According to Yahoo! Sports, Los Angeles firefighter...

April 11th, 2012 | Insurance Fraud, s | Read More

2 More Workers’ Comp Fraud Arrests in Tampa

Two more Florida residents have been added to the long and growing list of people who are at least accused of commit workers’ compensation fraud. According to Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater’s office, the arrest of two Tampa Bay area residents was recently announced in a press release. Yvonne...

April 4th, 2012 | Insurance Fraud | Read More

Prison Guard Comp Claims Bring Questions

Several Illinois prison guards are in some trouble over their workers’ comp complaints. They all got comp settlements for surgeries, even though it appears that they only had mild carpal tunnel syndrome and may not have needed the surgeries they received. According to the New England Cable News,...

March 26th, 2012 | Insurance Fraud | Read More

OH Couple Sentenced for Fake Workers’ Comp Scam

What can be so bad about riding a motorized bike and hopping onto the hood of your van? Well, for a certain Ohio couple, it can be very bad, since it means they were lying about over a half million dollars in worker’s comp claims. According to FOX News, the couple was busted for bilking the Ohio Bureau...

March 13th, 2012 | Insurance Fraud | Read More

For one CA Man: Go-kart Racing Equals Fraud

Who would ever think that Go-Kart racing could get you into huge trouble with the law? Obviously not Tony Roey Stevenson, who has been convicted of insurance and worker’s compensation fraud after a day at a local fun park. According to the Redding Record Searchlight and the Shasta County District...

February 13th, 2012 | Insurance Fraud | Read More

NY Gains 18 Arrests for Workers’ Comp Fraud

One New York man is among the 18 who were arrested in a state-wide crackdown on workers’ comp fraud. According to Business First, after an investigation was done by the fraud bureau of the State Department of Financial Services (DFS), John Czechowski was charged with third degree insurance fraud, grand...

February 9th, 2012 | 4, Insurance Fraud | Read More

Gold Digging Workers’ Comp Fraudster Convicted

Most people know that the California gold rush ended sometime in the late 1850’s, but it appears that at least one prospector was still searching for gold, apparently in the California Workers’ Comp system. His prospecting days came to an end when investigators caught him digging for actual...

February 2nd, 2012 | Insurance Fraud, s | Read More

Down on the Alpaca Farm: Mail Carrier Convicted of Workers’ Comp Fraud

Many of us know that post offices all over the country are closing down due to budget cuts. We also know that that is leaving many US postal workers without jobs, and probably low to no income, and that is dreadful. But one Ohio mail carrier decided she wasn’t just going to wait around for a budget...

January 24th, 2012 | 1, Insurance Fraud | Read More

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