Workers' Comp Fraud Blotter – October 2, 2014 Physician Recycled Old Patient Test Results To Bill For New Fake Neurological Tests (NY) – Rajpaul Singh, M.D., who operated the Liberty Advance Medical P.C. clinic, has pled guilty to defrauding... Read More

Workers' Comp Fraud Blotter – March 6, 2014 Disabled Veteran/Postal Employee Collected $9,000 a Month While Flinging Horseshoes (NY) – Richard Klaffka has been charged in federal court with making false statements, mail fraud, wire... Read More

Workers' Comp Fraud Blotter – November 6, 2014 Skier Failed To Snow the Authorities and It’s All Downhill Now To a Year In Prison For Fraud (CA) – Former postal employee Mark Leung has been sentenced in federal court to a year... Read More

Workers' Comp Fraud Blotter – December 18, 2014 California Highway Patrol Officer Convicted Of Workers' Compensation Fraud (CA) – Former Officer Tony Yao, a five-year veteran of CHP, has been convicted of making false statements... Read More

CALIFORNIA COMPENSATION CASES Vol. 83 No. 1 January 2018 A Report of En Banc and Significant Panel Decisions of the WCAB and Selected Court Opinions of Related Interest, With a Digest of WCAB Decisions Denied Judicial Review CONTENTS OF THIS... Read More

Workers' Comp Fraud Blotter – September 25, 2014 Restaurant Owner Ordered To Repay $125,000 and Serve Time At Home With Electronic Monitoring (WA) – Wanitta Racicot, the co-owner of the Broadway Bar and Grill restaurant, has pled guilty... Read More

Karen C. Yotis, Esq., a Feature Resident Columnist for the LexisNexis Workers’ Compensation eNewsletter , provides insights into workplace issues and the nuts and bolts of the workers’ comp world. At the recent Division of Workers’... Read More

Workers' Comp Fraud Blotter – September 11, 2014 Disability Did Not Interfere With Punching Bags, Planting Trees, and Shopping At Costco (CA) – Leonel Gonzalez has pled no contest to workers’ compensation fraud for double-dipping... Read More

Workers' Comp Fraud Blotter – November 13, 2014 Home Healthcare Agency Owner Residing In Jail For a Month and Ordered To Pay Restitution of $124,000 (OH) – Lawanna Porter, who operated Palladium Healthcare, a home healthcare agency... Read More

Workers' Comp Fraud Blotter – May 21, 2015 Convicted Owner of Security Sentry Firm Will Get To Know the Guards On the Other Side of the Fence (OH) – Gregory Oakes, doing business as American Sentry Inc./Delta Elite Inc., will serve... Read More

Workers' Comp Fraud Blotter – August 21, 2014 Crooked Ex-Cop Pleads Guilty To Attempted Workers’ Compensation Fraud (OH) – In order to avoid jail time, former law enforcement officer Thomas Gamble has pled guilty to attempted... Read More

Workers' Comp Fraud Blotter – August 7, 2014 Mechanic Will Repay $54,000 Of Unlawful Workers’ Compensation Benefits (OH) – Craig Vance has been ordered to repay $54,030 in workers’ compensation benefits that he received... Read More

Workers' Comp Fraud Blotter – February 12, 2015 Disabled Offshore Oil Worker Must Have Thought That Lawn Care Was Not Like Working (LA) – Mervin Noel has been sentenced to six months in prison and six months of home confinement for... Read More

Workers' Comp Fraud Blotter – May 7, 2015 Cop Participated In Ice Bucket Challenge While Disabled (CA) – Pasadena police officer Jaime Robison has been charged with insurance fraud for allegedly participating in an “Ice Bucket... Read More

Workers' Comp Fraud Blotter – March 12, 2015 Husband and Wife Hotel Owners Will Be Long-Term Guests At the 'Hótel Prisón' Chain After Hiring Undocumented Workers (KS) – Munir Ahmad Chaudary, the co-owner of two... Read More