Some fraudsters go to a lot of trouble to collect government benefits, but the lies they have to tell to pull off the scam eventually catch up to them. An article posted on WorkersCompensation.com tells about a man who tried to go incognito in order to collect worker’s compensation benefits he obviously did not deserve.
The man at the subject of today’s “Fraud of the Day” apparently had a very long arrest record and was wanted by police for a number of crimes under his real name. (Many of the charges against him were due to traffic offenses or related to drug and alcohol use.)In order to hide from the law and avoid the consequences of his illegal behavior, he used a fake identity.
This defendant used an alias and a bogus Social Security number to lie to his physician in order to qualify for worker’s compensation benefits. His scam was successful for nearly three years.
Great work to the Ohio Bureau of Worker’s Compensation’s (BWC) Special Investigation Unit (SIU) who used a state fugitive task force to track this fraudster down and arrest him upon a tip they received. The 51-year-old man pleaded guilty to worker’s compensation fraud and will serve six months of community control and one year in jail if he violates his probation terms.
Worker’s compensation fraud increases costs for employers and prevents workers who truly need the benefits from receiving financial assistance in a timely manner. Fortunately, this man’s lies and his true identity have been exposed, and he will have to pay for the crimes he actually committed.
The post Incognito appeared first on Fraud of the Day.