New York's Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced that a sweep targeting county residents who steal undeserved workers' compensation and insurance benefits has resulted in the arrest of six people involved in fraud.

The first of the six persons accused is Alma Coles, 49, of Freeport. Coles allegedly deposited workers' compensation benefit checks that belonged to her deceased father into accounts she controlled. Her father died in September 2009, but Coles continued to sign her father's name on seven checks and deposited a total of $3,776 into her daughter's money market account from October 2009 to January 2010. She is charged with grand larceny in the third degree, insurance fraud in the third degree, criminal possession of a forged instrument and falsifying business records. She faces up to seven years if convicted.

Forty-nine-year-old Anthony DiBenedetto, of Massapequa, NY sustained an injury to his neck in 2002 while delivering milk for Beyer Farms and was awarded workers' compensation benefits of $400 per week. An investigation, however, revealed that DiBenedetto was the owner of Legal Limousines, Inc. of Lindenhurst, and on two occasions accepted cash deposits from DA undercover investigators for limousine services while collecting benefits. In total, DiBenedetto fraudulently collected $30,185 in workers' compensation benefits from his insurance carrier and $140,777 in Social Security disability benefits. He is charged with grand larceny in the second degree, grand larceny in the third degree, insurance fraud in the third degree, offering a false instrument for filing in the first degree, falsifying business records in the first degree, and penalties for fraudulent acts. He faces up to 15 years if convicted.