School Bus Driver Pleads Guilty for False Claim

A West Virginia man pleaded guilty last week to two counts of felony workers' compensation fraud, the state insurance department said. Terry Lee Villers of Wirt County knowingly secured benefits to which he was not entitled and made a false statement under oath, Insurance Commissioner Jane Cline said in a statement. He pleaded guilty on Oct. 11 in Kanawha County Circuit Court, she said. The charges stem from Villers' claim in September 2004 that he was injured while working as a school bus driver for the Wirt County Board of Education. "Villers filed a report indicating that he suffe...