Man Sentenced to Probation, Restitution for Comp Scam

A 55-year-old Monroe County man was sentenced to three years of probation and ordered to pay back more than $16,000 in stolen workers' compensation benefits. Brian Simpson defrauded the New York workers’ compensation system by offering false assertions to doctors and submitting falsified documents to the New York State Insurance Fund to receive $16,764.78 in benefits, the state Inspector General's Office said. Between April 2022 and March 2023, Simpson claimed he was unable to work because of a job-related injury while he was actually serving as a bus driver...