Ohio

Workers’ compensation premiums can be very pricey, but the cost of not having a policy can be even more expensive for an employer. If an accident occurs and an employer has allowed a workers’ compensation policy to lapse, the injured worker can sue the...

The two most common types of workers compensation fraud schemes involve employers who want to avoid high insurance premiums and employees who fake an injury so they can collect benefits they don’t deserve. A Springfield, Ohio man is the focus of today’s “Fraud of...

Worst case scenarios are good for learning how to prevent the possibility of something very bad from happening. Unfortunately, the owner of an Akron, Ohio, construction company learned the lesson too late. The man failed to maintain workers’ compensation insurance coverage for his business. Now one...

Fraudsters are the epitome of greed. If you opened a dictionary to the word “greed,” you would find a picture of a Youngstown, Ohio, home healthcare company owner who endangered the life of one of her clients. Her Medicaid fraud scheme left a vulnerable client unattended...

Just as double dipping is considered bad manners when at a party or in a restaurant, it’s also a bad idea to collect workers’ compensation benefits while working another job. A Boardman Township, Ohio woman got caught in a double dipping dilemma that ended in a...

Here’s a word or two to the unwise who try to get away with workers’ compensation fraud. When a workers’ compensation agency comes knocking on your door willing to work out a deal, don’t slam the door in their face. After the Ohio Bureau of Workers’...

When the filming of a movie or television show is finished, producers commonly say, “That’s a wrap,” meaning everyone can go home because their work is finished for the day. As prosecutors were wrapping up the conviction of a Bellefontaine, Ohio man on charges for various...

Today’s fraudster from Berea, Ohio is a cook who got caught with his hand in the cookie jar. That may not sound out of sorts for the man’s profession; however, the cookie jar in this case belonged to the Ohio Bureau of Workers Compensation (BWC)....

A Euclid, Ohio woman was in a hurry to commit workers compensation fraud. She was so busy that she couldn’t fit in time for her physical therapy appointments and consequently, her physical therapy provider noticed. (It’s nice to know that there are reputable medical service providers who...

Drywall, a cost-efficient replacement to plaster, has been around since the early 1900s. While it has revolutionized modern construction, it does pose some risks to workers who install the material. A Pataskala, Ohio drywall installer, who reported an on-the-job injury, was recently convicted for...