The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) announced a Summit County woman has pled guilty to workers’ compensation fraud. Tammy Bird is scheduled for sentencing on July 6, 2004, in the Summit County Court of Common Pleas. It is estimated that Bird defrauded BWC of $3,090.
BWC’s special investigations unit (SIU) learned of Bird’s possible fraud when the bureau’s automated detection & intelligence team (AD&I) administered a cross match with the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. The SIU confirmed she was working for Lynn’s Bar and RJ’s Pub as a bartender while reportedly receiving temporary total disability workers’ comp benefits. Bird was injured on the job in March 2001. She suffered an injury to her right wrist while working for West Akron North America Ltd.
Was this article valuable?
Here are more articles you may enjoy.
Why El Ni帽o’s Promise of Quieter Hurricane Season May Not Be Good News for Insurers 
Viewpoint: Who Gets Credit for Successful Renewal During Soft Reinsurance Market? 
Record-Low Danube Water Levels Leave Boats Beached, Reveal Decades-Old Shipwrecks 
Company at Center of Cyclospora Outbreak Complained to White House, Source Says From This Issue
