Ohio Man Sentenced For Business In Arizona While Receiving Workers’ Comp

Robert Harnage, formally of Middletown, Ohio, has been sentenced after an investigation by the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) Special Investigations Department (SID) determined he owned and operated a business, Classic Home Restoration, in Sierra Vista, Arizona, while receiving temporary total disability benefits for a work related injury. Harnage pleaded guilty to one count of workers’ compensation fraud, a felony of the fifth degree, and was ordered to pay BWC $67,000 in restitution.