Nurse Convicted of Fraud Ordered to Pay More Than $23,000 in Restitution

A Cleveland-area nurse was ordered to pay the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation more than $23,000 in restitution after pleading guilty to a fifth-degree felony count of workers’ compensation fraud. The BWC said Tanya Houston, 46, was working as a therapeutic program nurse when she was injured in June 2019. While receiving benefits, she reportedly continued to work for a second employer without telling the BWC, her employer-at-injury, her physician or other providers. Houston was sentenced April 7. In addition to being ordered to pay $23,489 in restitution, she wa...