False Claim Leads to 12 Days in Jail for Claimant

A Columbus, Ohio woman served 12 days in jail and was ordered to pay a $250 fine after state Bureau of Workers' Compensation investigators determined she had submitted a false workplace injury claim. Anissa Burns of Columbus (Franklin County) was sentenced recently after BWC investigators discovered she filed a false workplace injury claim. The BWC’s Special Investigations Department began investigating after receiving an allegation indicating that claimant Anissa Burns had falsified a first report of injury in an attempt to receive workers’ compensation benefits. Burns a...