Fire Chief and Woman who Cashed Dead Mother's Check Plead Guilty to Fraud

Six individuals have pleaded guilty to defrauding the Ohio's workers' compensation system. The court actions ranged from a fire chief who fraudulently collected over $20,000, a woman who cashed her dead mother's check and a man who told an elaborate tale of being injured but was caught when his time sheet revealed he was not even at work that day. They followed investigations by the state's Bureau of Workers' Compensation. Donald Detrick, West Mansfield in Logan County, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of workers’ compensation fraud after being found to have c...