Plumber Arrested for Alleged Workers' Comp Fraud
Thursday, May 5, 2016 | 0
A man in the eastern New York town of Kingsbury was arrested this week for alleged workers’ compensation fraud, the Post Star newspaper reported on Tuesday.
James Scally was accused of working as a plumber when he was out on leave for an injury he’d sustained working for a home-improvement store, according to the newspaper. The New York Inspector General’s Office has charged him with grand larceny, workers’ comp fraud and falsifying business records.
The Inspector General says Scally received $2,536 in benefits for the injury but failed to notify the New York Workers’ Compensation Board that he was also self-employed as a plumber and was allegedly working when he was collecting workers’ comp benefits.
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