A Mentor man was ordered to pay $13,696 in restitution after he pleaded guilty to a scheme to receive workers’ compensation benefits while incarcerated, according to WOIO-19 Action News in Cleveland.Russell Whitman and his wife, Regina Whitman, worked for a family-owned business in Lake County, where they were suspected of embezzlement, WOIO reported. “A quick-thinking claims service specialist spotted a newspaper article about the incarcerated injured worker and reported it to our special investigations department,” said Steve Buehrer, administrator and CEO of the state...
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