From there, the cost of workers’ compensation fraud is built into insurance policies – and passed on to employers who pay the premiums. “If work comp insurance is expensive, the employer hires less ...

Across the U.S., compensation for workplace injuries totals hundreds of billions annually. In some states, the total is more than $675 million, according to statistics from the U.S. Department of ...

In July of 2011, members of the San Bernardino County District Attorney's Office, Workers' Compensation Fraud Prosecution Unit, began an investigation into allegations of possible Workers ...

Ask Steven Begley to tell of the dumbfounding scams he's exposed in 17 years as an insurance fraud investigator, and he'll start with the "worker" he nabbed going from job to job using slightly ...

I n a major California workers’ comp insurance case, authorities have charged an Orange County man who was twice convicted of fraud, along with a San Diego neurosurgeon and two others, in ...

In a major California workers’ comp insurance case, authorities have charged an Orange County man who was twice convicted of fraud, along with a San Diego neurosurgeon and two others, in ...

Unfortunately, workers' compensation insurance programs on both the state and federal level are often "rife with fraud." In his Insurance Fraud column, Michael Sirignano discusses the three groups ...

Workers compensation fraud occurs when someone willfully makes a false statement or conceals information in order to receive workers compensation benefits. Latest. U.S.

Mauricio Castellon is facing felony charges after investigators say he operated his practice without workers compensation insurance.

How Much Is Workers’ Comp Insurance? Workers’ compensation insurance costs an average of $45 per month, according to Insureon.That’s $542 per year. Slightly less than a quarter (23%) of ...

The New Jersey Workers' Compensation Fraud Statute, N.J.S.A. 34:15-57.4, is alive and well in the Division of Workers' Compensation as it applies to injured workers.