Construction Worker Recruiter Convicted of Comp Fraud

A Fort Myers man has been convicted of workers’ compensation fraud and ordered to pay more than $1 million in restitution, regulators said. Ivan Alberto Hernandez-Madrigal obtained a minimal workers’ compensation policy for his company, Global Staffing Services, a firm he reported would recruit employees for various construction companies across Florida, the state Department of Financial Services said in a press release. Hernandez pleaded no contest to racketeering, aggravated white-collar crime, money laundering, scheme to defraud, uttering a forged instrument and violating ...