Claimant Pleads Guilty to Double Dipping, Must Repay $3,239

A claimant pleaded guilty to workers' compensation fraud after the Bureau of Workers' Compensation confirmed that he was working as a roofer and construction worker while receiving workers' compensation benefits. Donald Whitford, of Brunswick, Ohio, pleaded guilty to workers' compensation fraud on Sept. 25, and was sentenced to a suspended jail sentence of 180 days and to pay restitution totaling $3,239. The BWC began investigating Whitford when it received a tip that he might be working while receiving temporary total disability benefits. The agency learned that he was working...