RI Fraud Unit Report Shows Big Activity Increase

The Rhode Island Workers' Compensation Fraud Prevention Unit has issued its annual report on the year 2002, noting a huge increase in activity for the department. The year 2002 marked the first full year of the new "Business Sweep Program." The program involves the Unit investigators in fieldwork investigations, visiting businesses in person to ensure there is workers' compensation insurance coverage and that the required workers' compensation postings are in place. Nine hundred, seventy seventy-two (972) business visits were made and more are planned for '03, the report states.The Unit h...