Robin Beckett of Dennison (Tuscarawas County) has been ordered to repay more than $9,000 to the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation after investigators found she knowingly committed fraud by working in violation of the workplace injury benefits she was receiving.
The Special Investigations Department Intelligence Unit noted a database cross-match with the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services showed Beckett earned wages during periods when she was also collecting disability benefits for a workplace injury. The investigation produced evidence proving Beckett knowingly and with fraudulent intent worked for Tender Touch Home Health performing various nursing duties while on temporary total disability.
Robin Beckett pleaded guilty to a fifth-degree felony count of workers’ compensation fraud on Oct. 6 in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas. Judge McIntosh sentenced Beckett to 10 months in prison, suspended for three years of community control. Conditions of her probation include payment of restitution totaling $9,330.29.
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