Owner of Landscaping Company Charged With Fraud

The New Jersey Attorney General’s Office announced that the owner of a landscaping company was indicted for failing to carry workers’ compensation coverage. Richard Hockenberry, 71, owned Rick Hockenberry Landscaping. One of his workers was injured in February 2018 and filed a comp claim the following May. At the time of the injury, Hockenberry had been without workers’ compensation coverage for about 25 years. The Attorney General’s Office said the landscaping company maintained work comp coverage from 1977 through 1993 but didn’t purchase another policy until ...