
WORKERS COMPENSATION FRAUD
IS A FELONY OFFENSE
Punishable by up to $5,000 and up to 10 years in prison.
(Ala. Criminal Code, Section 13A-11-124)
FIVE TYPES OF WORKERS’ COMPENSATION FRAUD
Agent – Employer – Employee – Medical – Legal
WORKERS COMPENSATION FRAUD CAN BE:
Ø Reporting an off the job accident as an on the job accident.
Ø Reporting an accident that never happened.
Ø Complaints of accident injury symptoms that are exaggerated or non-existent.
Ø Malingering – to avoid work when injury is healed.
Ø Not reporting outside income from other work-related activities while drawing workers’ compensation benefits from another employer.
Ø Making false or fraudulent statements for the purpose of obtaining workers’ compensation benefits.
TO REPORT WORKERS’ COMPENSATION FRAUD, CALL OUR FRAUD LINE
1-877-315-4654 OR (205) 380-4096
OR E-MAIL AT WCFRAUD@MRM-LLC.COM
OR THE STATE OF ALABAMA FRAUD LINE AT
1-800-923-2533 OR (334) 242-7345