Don’t Fall for Workers’ Comp Scams

Vigilant Can Help Spot Fraudulent Claims That Might Slip by You

When it comes to workers’ comp fraud, you’d be surprised at how far some people will go—and how far they get. Here are just a handful of uncovered activities by injured workers that in no way could be considered focusing on “healing up” post injury.

Getting into real estate. A cook who fell on his back at work didn’t let that stop him from launching a real estate business. After being assessed by a doctor as too injured to perform any work, the employee obtained nearly $88,000 in cash benefits from L&I and his employer while at the same time acting as a realtor. Read more.

Putting one broom down and picking up another. A housekeeper at a senior center fell and injured her knees and right foot. After two months of receiving wage-replacement benefits, the housekeeper started working 30-40 hours per week for a housekeeping company and earned nearly $17,000. Read more.

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Spot Fraud Early with Vigilant

Workers’ Comp claim fraud may be happening right in front of you and you might not know it. Vigilant’s Retro Group claims managers have years of experience spotting early signs of claim fraud. We’ll help bring fraud to a hard stop and close the claim as fast as possible.