Workers' comp fraud collections pass $830K in 2009

SBJ Staff

Posted online February 4, 2010 | 8:53 am

Charges were filed against 27 violators for workers’ compensation fraud in 2009, Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster announced in early January, and convictions resulted in the collection of more than $838,000.

The charges and collections were related to workers’ compensation fraud and insurance coverage noncompliance, according to a news release. By comparison, in 2008, the attorney general’s office filed charges against eight individuals, resulting in $461,000 collected.

“This office takes seriously its obligations to our state’s business community, and individuals who steal from our workers’ compensation system undermine a sound business climate,” Koster said in the release.

The monies collected go to the State Workers’ Compensation Fund or to make restitution to victims of workers’ compensation fraud violations.

Koster credited the increase in charges and collections to staff realignment and the dedication of additional resources to prosecuting workers’ compensation fraud and insurance noncompliance. Koster’s office is in the midst of prosecuting 183 cases of workers’ compensation fraud and insurance noncompliance, the release said.

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