Ohio Real Estate Agent Guilty of Workers’ Comp Fraud

An Ohio man must repay more than $30,000 after he was discovered working as a real estate agent while collecting injured worker benefits.

Greg Robinson pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation fraud after an investigation by the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation revealed his wrongdoing.

BWC’s Special Investigations Department began investigating after receiving an allegation that Robinson was selling real estate while receiving temporary total disability benefits for an injury that occurred while he was a custodian for the Berea schools.

The investigation found that after his injury, Robinson worked for two real estate agencies selling homes and conducting broker price opinions of properties.

Robinson pleaded guilty to one count of felony count of workers’ compensation fraud. He was sentenced to six months incarceration, suspended for five years of community control. As a condition of his community control, Robinson must pay restitution in the amount of $31,305.87.

Source: Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation