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Ohio Man Ordered to Repay $14K in Workers’ Comp Benefits

A Ohio man was ordered to repay more than $14,000 in connection with improperly receiving workplace injury benefits. Michael D. Madigan pleaded guilty May 8 in Franklin County Municipal Court to workers’ compensation fraud, a first-degree misdemeanor. “Workers’ compensation fraud …

Ohio Man Sold Guns While on Workers’ Comp

An Ohio man has repaid more than $26,000 to the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) after investigators caught him on camera selling firearms out of his home while receiving workers’ comp benefits. Charles Newland pleaded guilty to fraud Dec. …

Ohio Man Convicted of Workers’ Comp Fraud

A Dennison, Ohio, man has been convicted of workers’ compensation fraud after he was found working while receiving workplace injury benefits. Steven Gooding pleaded guilty to the crime and was ordered to repay the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) …

Ohio Truck Driver Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Fraud

An Ohio man was sentenced in Franklin County for returning to work as a truck driver while receiving workers’ compensation benefits for a prior workplace injury. Christopher Galloway was sentenced last week and must repay close to $2,000 he improperly …

Ohio Man Guilty of Workers’ Comp Fraud

Jason O. Klein Coshocton County pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation fraud after the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) received two complaints about him on its anonymous fraud hotline. Klein appeared before Judge Pollitt in the Franklin County Municipal Court …

Ohio Man Pleads Guilty to Scamming Storm Victims

A man accused of ripping off storm victims in Ohio and Kentucky has pleaded guilty to nine counts of theft. Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine said Joshua Salyers entered the guilty pleas in Hamilton County court in southern Ohio Tuesday. …

Ohio Man Electrocuted While Checking Crash Site

A man stepped on a downed power line and was electrocuted while trying to check the condition of a driver whose SUV had veered off the road and struck a utility pole near his northwestern Ohio home, authorities said. The …