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Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Nets Seven Fraudsters in April

05.16.2012

Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation (BWC) Administrator/CEO Steve Buehrer has announced that seven individuals were convicted of or pleaded guilty to charges related to defrauding Ohio's workers' compensation system during April. The court actions are the result of investigations conducted by BWC's special investigations department (SID). The department works to deter, detect, investigate and prosecute workers' compensation fraud.

"As demonstrated in the first case, BWC's Employer Compliance Department makes every attempt to work with employers who fall behind on their workers' compensation premiums, but sometimes those efforts are simply ignored and result in criminal charges," said Buehrer. "Other acts of forgery and concealing employment demonstrated in this month's cases to obtain undeserved injured worker benefits are also violations of the law...

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