A former Orange County, Fla. corrections officer who erroneouslythought he could beat the system now faces time on the other sideof those cold, steely bars.

Detectives from the Florida Department of Financial Services'Division of Insurance Fraud have arrested Keith Jackson, charginghim with workers' compensation fraud and grand theft after aninvestigation allegedly revealed a trail of lies, including failingto disclose pre-existing conditions when filing a claim.

According to the office of Florida Chief Financial OfficerJeff Atwater, Jackson started receiving benefits to which hewas not entitled for back and foot injuries that were supposedlysustained while participating in defense tactics training as anOrange County, Fla. corrections officer on June 10, 2010.

Consequently, Jackson collected more than $115,000 in workers'compensation benefits before investigators came knocking. On Feb.27, authorities arrested Jackson for fraud and grand theft, inconnection with allegedly making false statements and omittingmaterial information about his medical conditions. Jackson wasbooked at the Orange County Jail and, if convicted, faces as manyas 30 years in prison—which is plenty of time to finetune hisdefense tactics.

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Atwater pointed to Jackson's case as a warning to those whobelieve they are above the law:

“It is one of my missions as your CFO to root out fraud of alltypes,” he said. “Those who are looking to game the systemultimately put the financial burden on all of Florida's consumers.If you bilk the system, we will find you and put you behindbars.”