BWC News

Ohio Public Employers to See Lower Workers’ Comp Rates

The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation board of directors has approved an average rate reduction of 1.6 percent for public employer taxing districts. The BWC said the change will result in Ohio’s 3,900 cities, counties, townships, villages, schools and special …

Ohio DJ Faces the Music for Workers’ Comp Fraud

An Ohio man was sentenced last week for workers’ comp fraud after the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) investigators caught him on video entertaining partygoers and bar patrons as a disc jockey. Randall Schornack pleaded guilty and must repay …

BWC Investigations Result in 13 Workers’ Comp Fraud Convictions in October

Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) investigations result in 13 worker’s compensation fraud convictions or guilty pleas in October. The cases bring total convictions in calendar year 2011 to 114. Below is a sampling of cases that resulted in a …

Ohio Business Lacked Workers’ Comp Coverage, Owes Over $200,000

Ralph Gearhart, owner of Ohio State Roofing, Inc., who operated his business for more than a decade without proper workers’ compensation insurance was sentenced recently. According to authorities, he was found guilty of failing to comply with the law, having …

Ohio BWC Probes Result in 8 Workers’ Comp Fraud Convictions

Eight individuals were convicted of or pleaded guilty to charges related to defrauding Ohio’s workers’ compensation system during the month of August, announced the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC). Details on some of the investigations are listed below: Cecil …

Ohio Woman Caught Working Four Jobs While On Work Comp

Annette McDaniel must repay more than $19,000 after the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) found she was working four jobs at Columbus area businesses while receiving workers’ compensation benefits for a prior workplace injury. In August 2007 the Ohio …

Ohio School Bus Driver Sentenced for Work Comp Fraud

A Warren County woman must repay more than $13,000 following an investigation by the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) that revealed she was working while collecting workers’ compensation benefits. Pamela Meyers pleaded guilty to a felony count of workers’ …

Ohio BWC Reports 11 Workers’ Comp Fraud Convictions in June

11 individuals were convicted or pleaded guilty to charges related to defrauding Ohio’s workers’ compensation system during the month of June, reported the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC). BWC launched recently launched a special investigations Facebook page that can …

Ohio Work Comp Doc Sentenced for Running ‘Pill Mill’

Dr. Jean Zannoni has been sentenced to two years probation and ordered to pay more than $7,500 in fines and restitution after pleading guilty to theft, attempted workers’ compensation fraud and telecommunications fraud, according to the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ …