Oil Change Technician Accused of Greasing Palms With $10,000 in Illegal Benefits

A Naugatuck oil change technician has been charged with illegally collecting more than $10,000 in workers’ compensation benefits. Kyle Fontaine, 29, is charged with one count of fraudulent claim or receipt of benefits, a class B felony, and is scheduled to appear in Waterbury Superior Court, G.A. No. 4, on Tuesday. He allegedly collected benefits after suffering a workplace injury in July 2014 while working as an oil change technician in Danbury. Investigators said he continued to collect benefits after getting hired in April 2015 by a Naugatuck business and essentially performing...