Vocational Rehab Provider Pleads Guilty to Fraud

A woman who exaggerated workers’ compensation claims and filed phony expenses must pay the state Bureau of Workers’ Compensation nearly $56,000, the agency says. Kristina L. Russell, 36, of North Canton, must serve five years of community control in lieu of a nine-month jail sentence, a judge ruled June 24 in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas. She must pay the bureau $20,869.47 in restitution and $35,000 for the cost of the investigation. Russell owns two companies in Stark County — Intensity Rehab LTD of Hartville and Emerald Empowerment Solutions of ...