Florida Targets Check Cashing Firms for Aiding Workers’ Comp Fraud

Florida officials, law enforcement officers and trade groups are lining up in an effort to stop checking cashing companies from facilitating workers’ compensation fraud in the construction industry. Headed up by Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater, officials held the first meeting of a working group to investigate the role of check cashing companies with an eye on developing legislative recommendations to be considered year. Atwater said the various check cashing schemes are becoming endemic around the state and hurting both employers and injured workers.