Thirteen people from eight counties have been arrested on charges that they cheated New Yorks workers compensation system, often by working side jobs while collecting benefits for injuries they pretended left them physically unable to work. The series of arrests follow investigations by the New York State Insurance Departments Frauds Bureau, along with investigators from the Workers Compensation Board Office of the Fraud Inspector General, the New York Insurance Fund, insurance company special investigative units and local law enforcement agencies.
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