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Denver Workers Compensation Lawyer - If you’ve been injured on the job and you believe that your employer or his insurer is behaving unfairly or illegally, contact an experienced workers’ compensation attorney like Kaplan Morrell to protect your rights.<br>
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Workers’ Compensation Fraud: 4 Stories of Those Who Were Caught
Workers’ Compensation Fraud: 4 Stories of Those Who Were Caught Workers’ compensation fraud is a problem, due to propaganda, most think the fraud is perpetuated by the workers; however, employers also commit fraud by intentionally misclassify employees to widespread insurance schemes. These schemes cost the system money and detrimentally impact injured workers who rightfully deserve workers’ comp benefits.
Workers’ Compensation Fraud: 4 Stories of Those Who Were Caught Massive Medical Insurance Scam An alleged California medical insurance scam racked up nearly $100,000 in false workers’ compensation medical claims. The fraudulent money-making scheme involved seven people, and was apparently spearheaded by a chiropractor. Several clinics treated injured workers and submitted inflated bills for exaggerated injuries and more.
Workers’ Compensation Fraud: 4 Stories of Those Who Were Caught FedEx Delivered Fraud in Multiple States Well-known package-delivery company FedEx found themselves in hot water last year to the tune of $240 million! This proposed settlement was the result of a common scheme some employers use to avoid paying workers’ compensation and other employee-related costs and benefits.
Workers’ Compensation Fraud: 4 Stories of Those Who Were Caught Fake and Fraudulent Florida Construction Company In this recent case, Leon Jimenez, the owner of a construction company, ran a widescale workers’ compensation scam. The company didn’t even perform any construction work. Instead, Jimenez was selling workers’ compensation certificates to subcontractors for profit. The subcontractors got their bogus certificates and the employees were left exposed to the risk of uncovered work injuries.
Workers’ Compensation Fraud: 4 Stories of Those Who Were Caught If you’ve been injured on the job and you believe that your employer or his insurer is behaving unfairly or illegally, contact an experienced workers’ compensation attorney like Kaplan Morrell to protect your rights.