A Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio flight attendant must now repaynearly $4,000 to the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation (BWC) forworking while receiving workplace injury benefits. BrieannaYounglove pleaded guilty on Jan. 9 to one count of workers'compensation fraud, a first-degree misdemeanor.
|“Younglove decided to return to work as a restaurant serverwhile she was supposed to be recovering from an injury thatoccurred when she was a flight attendant,” reportsOhio BWC Administrator/CEO Steve Buehrer. “Working whilereceiving this type of benefit is not permitted, and ourinvestigators are doing a great job identifying and putting an endto cases like this one.”
|In March 2012, a BWC cross match with the Ohio Department of Joband Family Services revealed Younglove was earning wages whilereceiving temporary total benefits. BWC's Northeast RegionalSpecial Investigations Department conducted an investigation.Employment records verified Younglove returned to work as arestaurant server.
|The court sentenced Younglove to 180 days in jail, which wassuspended for three years of community control. Additionally,Younglove is responsible for paying a $100 fine, courtcosts, and $3,852.43 in restitution to the BWC.
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