In its latest annual report, the New York State Insurance FraudsBureau noted that cases opened by its workers' compensation unitrose from 445 in 2008 to 717 in 2009. The following are a fewexamples of workers' compensation fraud committed by NewYorkers in 2010, according to the New York Alliance AgainstInsurance Fraud (NYAAIF).

• A Red Hook man who received benefits after he swore he couldnot even walk after a work-related injury was arrested after he wasseen painting on a ladder, replacing window shutters, installing anawning, and operating a backhoe.
  
• A Kingston woman who claimed she hurt her back while employedas a housekeeper at a senior citizen's residence was accused offraudulently accepting workers' compensation benefits after herformer employer saw her working in an area fast-foodrestaurant.
  
• A Suffolk County painter pled guilty to workers' compensationfraud after he failed to disclose the full extent of his businesssales and payroll to his insurer.
  
• A Buffalo man who claimed a job-related back injury whileworking in a salt factory was arrested after a surveillance videoshowed him repairing a BMW and moving withoutassistance.
  
• A Hampton Bays contractor was arrested on charges he avoided$70,000 in workers' compensation insurance premium payments byunder-reporting his income by hundreds of thousands ofdollars.
  
• A Dutchess County man who claimed a workplace injury left himunable to perform work of any kind was arrested after he wasobserved operating a scrap metal recycling business.

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