Contractor and Paramedic Sentenced in Separate Cases of Fraud

A contractor whose workers’ compensation policy lapsed in 2008 must serve a year of probation and 15 days of house arrest with electronic monitoring for running a business without coverage. In addition, a paramedic pleaded guilty to a first-degree misdemeanor charge of workers’ compensation fraud after his employer reported him to the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation. Toledo-area contractor Martin Halka, 45, pleaded no contest to one count of failure to comply with the law, a second-degree misdemeanor, and a judge ordered him to pay a $250 fine and $87 in...