Double-Dipping Claimant Owes BWC $33,210

An Ohio judge ordered a double-dipping claimant to pay the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation $33,210 in restitution for benefits he received while he was simultaneously working for himself. Roger Frankenberg, 60, of Sevierville, Tennessee, pleaded guilty to felony workers’ compensation fraud Sept. 9. He was sentenced to 11 months in jail, but that part of the sentence was suspended and he will serve five years of probation instead. The BWC said it discovered Frankenberg had returned to working for his self-owned company, Custom Renovations and Beyond Inc., while receiving disabilit...