Fraud of the Week

August 29, 2016

Workers Compensation Fraud—Washington

Amount: $100,000

 

A former corrections officer in Tumwater, Washington, is accused of holding three security jobs while claiming that an on-the-job injury was so severe that he could not work. He was caught running on a treadmill and sidewalk and driving himself to work all while collecting over $100,000 in workers compensation benefits. After an on-the-job ankle injury, the officer made regular declarations on official forms that because of the injury he could not work and was not working. After years of workers compensation payments, the claims manager requested surveillance, which revealed the officer driving to a job. He had been employed more than full-time throughout the time the workers compensation payments were being given to him. It is thought that the officer in question has fled to Michigan.