An Auburn, New York logging company owner has been sentenced to one to three years in prison for illegally accepting $83,478 in workers’ compensation benefits and for not covering his own employees.
David C. Sigl, 56, pleaded guilty in August to second-degree grand larceny, filing a false instrument, insurance fraud and a misdemeanor for failure to secure workers’ compensation coverage.
A Cayuga County Court judge also ordered Sigl to pay back the benefits as restitution.
An investigation by the state workers’ compensation fraud inspector general and the Cayuga County Dist...
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