N.Y. Alleges Bartender Used 'Alter-Identity' to Collect Work Comp

New York State Insurance Fund (SIF) investigators say a Brewster, N.Y., bartender used a fake name and two Social Security numbers to work an array of jobs while collecting more than $79,800 in workers' compensation benefits.SIF, the state's carrier of last resort, said Nicholas Maffei, 61, filed a workers' compensation claim in 1995. While collecting benefits for a partial disability, the fund said, Maffie has built a resume that includes bartending stints around New York and Connecticut and a job as a flagger for Verizon at street excavation sites.He also applied for a cabbie's hack license ...