Fired Cop Pleads Guilty to Workers' Comp Fraud

Monday, February 8, 2016 | 0

A former police officer in Clinton, Maine has pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation fraud, according to the television station WABI TV 5.

Scott Francis, indicted by a grand jury in June 2015, pleaded guilty to illegally collecting $16,000 in workers’ comp benefits from a claim he filed on March 14, 2013. He was fired two weeks later after he was charged with domestic violence, charges that were later dismissed.

He has also been accused of failing to report income from a fishing venture and failing to pay taxes.

According to the Kennebec County grand jury indictment, he perjured himself during a hearing before the Maine Workers’ Compensation Board in December 2014, saying he had not worked since he’d been fired.

Leanne Robbin, Maine’s assistant attorney general, has asked the court to sentence Francis to 364 days in jail and to pay back more than $25,000, WABI TV 5 reported.