A woman in Ohio must repay more than $19,000 in workers compensation benfits.

According to officials with the Ohioa Bureau of Workers’ Compensation, Columbus-resident Annette McDaniel was working four jobs while receiving workers’ compensation benfits for a prior workplace injury. McDaniel pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation fraud and was sentenced in a Franklin County courtroom.

“McDaniel thought she could get away with working several jobs and also collecting several types of benefits under a number of aliases,” said Ohio BWC Administrator Stephen Buehrer.

The agency’s special investigation department began looking into McDaniel’s case in August 2007, after a database cross-match conducted with the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services raised red flags. The database reported McDaniel as working for KC Men’s Clothing while she was collection temporary total disability and living maintenance wage loss benefits from the state.

An investigation confirmed that McDaniel worked for KC Men’s Clothing, as well as AmeriCoat, Value City Department Stores, and Adecco USA during the periods she collected benefits.

If you need assistance with a workers’ comp lawsuit, please contact the New Jersey Disability Litigation Lawyers of Levinson Axelrod, P.A., by calling 800-346-5529.