Conviction Requires Business Owner to Repay $68K in Premiums

A Lima business owner must repay the Bureau of Workers' Compensation more than $68,000 in unpaid premiums after being convicted of failing to procure workers' compensation insurance.The agency announced that it discovered that Michael Bassinger, owner of Freight Lease in Lima, Ohio, was operating his business without workers' compensation insurance. BWC's Employer Compliance Department tried to help Bassinger bring his policy back into compliance, but was unsuccessful. The Special Investigations Department began investigating him, and Bassinger told investigators that he wanted...