Employer Tip Leads to Arrest - Working on TTD

An Illinois woman was sentenced Jan. 23 to community control and ordered to pay restitution for committing one count of felonious workers' compensation fraud, the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation (BWC) announced. Barbara Harris, formerly of Jackson, Ohio, was sentenced to five years of community control and ordered to pay back $1,685.13 in restitution. "It is imperative that Ohioans continue work together to prevent workers' compensation fraud," said James Conrad, BWC CEO/Administrator. "Fraudulent claims severely impact Ohio's economy, and injured workers, employers and medical provid...