This couple thought they put on a good act. A Los Angeles, Calif., husband and wife were recently busted on workers' compensation insurance fraud after filing claims with their employers for a total of $1,100,000.

Video evidence illustrated that these 56-year-olds -- the woman a clerk at a Methodist church -- were not as injured as they claimed to be. According to Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi, despite the fact they reported to doctors that they were unable to return to work, their insurance obtained information proving they both performed physical activities such as yard work and construction.

They each filed workers' comp claims with their employers with benefit payments of more than $300,000 and $800,000 respectively. Videotape was obtained of the man working on top of a large metal building, lifting a ladder, and doing yard work with no visible signs of injury. His wife was videotaped at her home doing yard work without the use of a cane or wheelchair; however, she was always either using a cane or in a wheelchair at workers' comp hearings, doctor visits, or at public shopping malls.

The wife even was provided limousine service for two years as part of her claim because she reported to her doctor that she could not drive. Her limousine driver also testified in his deposition regarding her workers' comp claim that she was so disabled he had to assist her into the limousine. Yet videotape footage showed the driver and woman on different occasions carrying her cane to the limousine while she walked on her own.

The husband was ordered to pay $58,000 and the Mrs. was ordered to pay $48,000 in restitution. Both also must pay additional criminal fines of $4,000 each.

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