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Joseph Lee Stinson must have liked the extra cash. While he was collecting workers’ compensation temporary total disability payments because of a work-related back injury, he also was allegedly drawing a paycheck from a Long Beach Home Health care agency. Stinson’s misrepresentation cost Kemper more than $20,000 in combined benefits. He’s been booked on three felony counts of workers’ compensation fraud.
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If an injured employee had been dishonest, the plot would have worked and nobody would have known the difference. The employee stepped into a hole on the golf course where he worked and injured his knee. The injury was severe enough to require significant treatment, so Aravinthan Wijayachandran of Irvine, a vice-president at Ahwahnee (“Ow! A Knee?”) Golf Course and Resort, suggested the employee change the date of occurrence to a later date … so there would be coverage in effect. The VP faces up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $50,000.
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A little bit of horseplay could cost Herbert Torres a lot more than an injured knee. Torres, whose injury occurred during a break from his duties at UPS, was wrestling with a fellow worker when he was flipped and landed on his knee. He chose to report the injury as job related. Neigh, neigh. He faces up to five years in prison.
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Zenith called for a deposition of Los Angeles area claimant Linduvina Argentina Meza after she claimed neck, head, back, left knee and vascular system injuries – and a miscarriage – days after quitting a job. Meza was repeatedly warned about consuming alcohol during work hours. After she denied any previous treatments or injuries, investigators were able to prove that the claimant made other claims for the same injuries, on both workers’ compensation and auto claims, during previous years. She faces up to five years in prison.
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