Compensation Fraud
Healthcare Software Firm Pleads Guilty in $1B Medicare Fraud Scheme
March 18, 2025 | JacobiJournal.com – Medicare fraud continues to draw federal scrutiny, with a major case resulting in a ...
VA Firefighter Pleads Guilty to $479K Workers’ Compensation Fraud Scheme
March 18, 2025 | JacobiJournal.com – Firefighter fraud is in the spotlight as a NY VA firefighter pleads guilty: A ...
Four Pharmacists Sentenced for $13M Medicare Fraud Scheme
March 18, 2025 | JacobiJournal.com -- A Medicare fraud scheme carried out by four pharmacy owners led to over $13 ...
Worker Misclassification Costs Maryland $59M Annually
March 11, 2025 | JacobiJournal.com -- A Maryland state task force has revealed that worker misclassification is costing insurers over ...
Birth Injury Compensation Fund Executive Sentenced to 9 Years for $6.7M Embezzlement
March 7, 2025 | JacobiJournal.com -- A former financial executive of Virginia’s Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Program has been sentenced ...
Fertilizer Manufacturer Fined $400K After Worker Dies from Toxic Gas Exposure
March 6, 2025 | JacobiJournal.com – Fertilizer Manufacturer Fined $400K: The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) has ...
Out of Bounds for Workers Compensation: Frito-Lay Employee’s Injury Denied Coverage
March 6, 2025 | JacobiJournal.com – A Frito-Lay forklift driver who tore his Achilles tendon during a company basketball game ...
Buena Park Restaurant Faces $1.1 Million in Wage and Sick Leave Penalties
March 3, 2025 | JacobiJournal.com – A Buena Park restaurant, Food Source LLC, faces more than $1.1 million in penalties ...
Florida Contractor Sentenced for Workers’ Compensation Fraud After Fatal Fall
February 25, 2025 | JacobiJournal.com -- Workers’ Compensation Fraud: A Florida framing contractor will serve 48 months in prison and ...
Washington Company Fined $231,000 for Asbestos Violations
February 19, 2025 | JacobiJournal.com -- Asbestos Violations: The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) has levied a ...
Michigan Insurer in Talks to Settle Lawsuits Over Fired Workers and COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate
February 18, 2025 | JacobiJournal.com -- Lawsuits Over Fired Workers: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan is negotiating a potential ...
‘Old-School’ Job Search Secures Lost Wages for Injured Worker
February 8, 2025 | JacobiJournal.com -- An injured 60-year-old service technician secured lost wages after a Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission ...
California Food Distributor Pays $949,000 to Resolve Small-Business Contract Dispute
February 5, 2025 | JacobiJournal.com -- Contract fraud case: GS Foods Group Inc., based in Ontario, California, has agreed to ...
Washington Man on Workers’ Comp for 3 Years Caught Lifting Heavy Table
January 29, 2025 | JacobiJournal.com -- Washington Man Caught Lifting: A Pierce County man must repay more than $60,000 to ...
Sky Zone in Washington Fined for Violating Teen Labor Laws
January 28, 2025 | JacobiJournal.com -- Violating Teen Labor Laws: A trampoline park in Tukwila, Washington, faces over $68,000 in ...
Massachusetts High Court Affirms $20 Million Verdict in Leg Amputation Case
January 20, 2025 | JacobiJournal.com -- The leg amputation case at the center of a Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruling ...
