Ohio BWC Investigations Result In 10 Workers’ Comp Fraud Convictions In April

Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) Administrator/CEO Stephen Buehrer today announced 10 individuals were convicted or pleaded guilty to charges related to defrauding Ohio’s workers’ compensation system during the month of April. The court actions are the result of investigations conducted by BWC’s Special Investigations Department (SID), which works to deter, detect, investigate, and prosecute workers’ compensation fraud.