Man Pleads Guilty to Felony Workers' Compensation Fraud

The Idaho Department of Insurance announced that a man pleaded guilty to one count of felony insurance fraud for working while receiving benefits. Mark Chafin was injured while working for Wenig Foods in Post Falls. He received workers' compensation benefits from the Idaho State Insurance Fund. "However, despite returning to work for a different employer only a few months later, Chafin continued to collect full disability payments and failed to notify SIF of his employment status," the Insurance Department said in a statement. Chafin also allegedly denied that he had employmen...