Kentucky Man to Pay Restitution for Cashing Deceased Father’s Checks

June 3, 2008

  • June 3, 2008 at 2:11 am
    Insurance Watchdog says:
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    Just curious on what insurance carrier allowed this to continue. Hasn’t it ever dawned on an insurer to assign a Case Manager for on-going Work Comp claims management?

    A little follow-up from time-to-time from the insurer to check on the recovery process of the claimant or should I say in this case….”how did the funeral go”?????

    I would be firing some work comp adjusters for letting this continue for 11 years.

  • June 3, 2008 at 2:16 am
    Ric says:
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    So, basically this guy, who perpetuated a fraud for 10 years, serves no time and just returns a portion of what wasn’t his anyway. In essence, he benefited from the use of the money for ten years, intentionally defrauded an insurance company, and there is no penalty other than served time of a few weeks. Unbelievable. Wheres the disincentive?

  • June 3, 2008 at 2:54 am
    Schmiddy says:
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    I am sure the the attorney for Mr. Webb made a compelling argument to the judge for the light sentance.

    You see, it wasn’t Mr. Webbs fault. It was the fault of the insurance company who kept sending the checks.

  • June 3, 2008 at 2:57 am
    Dread says:
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    The legal system is not “just”. This is fraud, deception, and theft. But don’t forget, this is Kentucky. Doesn’t say much for WC bureau not being linked into some system to monitor deaths. How lazy and stupid can people be to allow this leakage to go on for 11 years? The entire bureau should be fired.

  • June 3, 2008 at 3:30 am
    Fraud Manager says:
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    All the adjuster would have to do is index on IsoClaimSearch and the SS# would have come up as “deceased”. This insurance carrier should be embarassed by this case.

  • June 3, 2008 at 3:39 am
    Fred says:
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    This unfortunately, is only the tip of the proverbial iceberg. Total lack of responsibility, process, accountability, common sense, and pride in work. Nobody will get fired over this. Nobody’s pay will be impacted. Just a microcosm of the country and the government. Look at the horrific waste by the feds. Everyone is still eating well from the social trough.

  • June 4, 2008 at 10:02 am
    wudchuck says:
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    greed that is what it is all about….

    afterall, if agent that kept paying the bill should have been suspicious after 1 year. where was the documentation showing that he was still not able to work every year? sounds to me not only greed on behalf of the son, but lackidacy attitude/work from the insuing check agent and workman comp agent. 11 yrs, part of that money should be coming from the agent’s pocket who gave it away. remember this also, that money for the past 11 yrs could have been invested and money made on. isn’t that considered laundering? afterall it was fraudelaunt to recieve it. too light of a sentence! both parties are to blame and be responsible. in fact, it might be considered conspiracy. afterall, if it were my company and found that an agent was giving money away, they would have been fired and charged w/all kinds of charges.

    here’s to make another list of things:

    not only is the agent responsible, but her supervisor and then the workman’s comp group. they should have been all looking at the outgoing $$$ and verified it.

  • June 4, 2008 at 11:21 am
    lastbat says:
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    I’m going to play a little bit of devil’s advocate and assume the deceased worker was on PTD so not requiring routine check-ups. That’s the only way I can see this going on for 11 years.

    Of course, I did have a claim in WA that wasn’t checked on for over six months and that worker was only on TTD. Lazy claims managers.



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