New York Contractors Charged in Workers' Comp Fraud
Honest workers can sometimes fall prey to dishonest bosses trying to cheat the workers' compensation system, leaving employees vulnerable and without benefits when they're injured on the job.
That's what's happening in New York, where some people working as contractors were charged with cheating the system byforging workers' compensation insurance benefits. At the same time, they were failing to provide insurance coverage for their workers who were injured.
This workers' compensation case out of Queens, New York isn't just about restitution of the benefits.
When dishonest employers cheat the system, criminal charges follow. It's good to see the legal system taking a hard stand against employers who commit workers' comp fraud because that sends the message that such actions won't be tolerated.
The North County Gazette reports "...defendants have been variously charged with second, third and fourth degree grand larceny, second, third and fourth degree insurance fraud, first degree falsifying business records, first degree offering a false instrument for filing and violation of the Workers' Compensation law."