West Virginia workers compensation fraud News

West Virginia Coal Contractor Charged in Workers’ Comp Scheme

A southern West Virginia coal company contractor has been charged with conspiring to defraud the federal government. Aracoma Contracting LLC of Williamson is accused of structuring cash withdrawals in increments of $10,000 or less from its accounts at the Bank …

BrickStreet Auditor, 4 Coal Contractors Plead Guilty to Workers’ Comp Fraud

A workers’ compensation auditor and four coal company contractors in West Virginia have pleaded guilty to federal charges in a multimillion-dollar fraud scheme. Federal prosecutors said that Arville Sargent pleaded guilty to mail fraud and tax evasion. He was an …

BrickStreet Auditor, 4 Others Charged with Workers’ Comp Fraud

A U.S. attorney has charged five men including an insurance company auditor with engaging in a fraudulent scheme that included bribery and the under-reporting of payroll by certain employers and cost West Virginia’s largest workers’ compensation insurer millions of dollars. …