Massachusetts prosecutors have accused a contractor of calling its employees carpenters to avoid the $71,000 in additional workers' compensation premium it would have paid if it called employees roofers.
A grand jury indicted Cynthia and Paul Caron for alleged workers' compensation fraud on Monday, the state attorney general's office announced.
Prosecutors describe Caron Contracting as "almost exclusively a roofing company." They accuse the Carons of intentionally misrepresenting their employee base during annual insurance audits to avoid paying higher premiums.
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