Injured Grocery Store Worker Arrested on Comp Fraud Charge

A Central New York woman was arrested Tuesday on charges of defrauding the workers' compensation system and obtaining food stamps she may not have been entitled to, New York State Inspector General Catherine Leahy Scott announced in a press release. Lisa Whyte, 39, of Auburn, was charged with misdemeanor welfare fraud, misuse of food stamps and petit larceny as well as felony workers' compensation fraud and offering a false instrument for filing.  Whyte began receiving workers' compensation benefits in 2013 after injuring her shoulder pulling carts at the grocery store where...