A Facebook post foiled an Ohio bartender’s attempt to earn some extra income while drawing workers’ compensation benefits.
The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation announced Friday that Gabriella Benkovits, of Lakewood, was sentenced to two years of probation after being convicted on a misdemeanor workers’ compensation fraud charge.
The bureau said a third-party administrator alerted it to potential fraud when it spotted a Facebook post that indicated 26-year-old Benkovits was working as a bartender in Westlake while on benefits.
An investigation revealed s...
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