Workers' Comp Scam Costs Worker $20,000-Plus

A Lorain County man who received workers' compensation while working as a temporary employee at several businesses has been ordered to repay more than $20,000, the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation said. Kevin Gruver pleaded guilty March 16 in Franklin County Court to a first-degree misdemeanor count of workers’ compensation fraud, the bureau said in a news release. He was sentenced to 180 days in jail, suspended for two years of community control under the conditions that he maintain employment. Investigators determined Gruver, who was receiving temp...