L&I: Double-Dipping Couple to Repay Nearly $140,000

The better half of a married couple ordered to pay nearly $140,000 in restitution for double-dipping was caught, in part, because she was attempting to straighten out overdue premiums with the same agency she was telling she was too injured to work, the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries announced. Jeffrey Bart Pierson, 62, and his wife, Karen S. Pierson, 63, pleaded guilty last week to one felony count of theft for collecting benefits while working at their son’s automobile shop, My Dad’s Automotive and Exhaust. They were ordered to pay a combined $139,599 in res...