PEO under Investigation for Fraudulent Comp Certificates

By Ben MillerReporterA Powell, Tennessee-based professional employer organization under federal investigation for allegedly producing fraudulent workers' compensation insurance certificates and other crimes has motioned for the return of business documents its attorneys argue were unlawfully seized.In a court document, Assistant U.S. Attorney Frank Dale wrote that agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Internal Revenue Service found during investigations that HR Comp Employee Leasing issued several fraudulent certificates of workers' compensation insurance to clients in Ca...