Man Ordered To Repay $340K In One Of Washington’s Largest Workers’ Comp Scams
Thursday, June 25th, 2020 Fraud Workers' CompensationA delivery driver who used his wife’s name to try to pull off one of the state’s largest workers’ compensation fraud cases has been ordered to pay back nearly $340,000.
Robert J. Strasbaugh, who was receiving a workers’ comp pension when he was caught, pleaded guilty on Monday to felony first-degree theft in the case.
Thurston County Superior Court Judge Chris Lanese ordered the Renton man to repay the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) more than $339,900. The judge also sentenced Strasbaugh to 45 days in electronic home monitoring.
Strasbaugh, who has already begun to pay back the state, stole nearly $342,000 in workers’ comp, pension, and vocational benefits from 2012 to early 2017.
The amount is one of L&I’s largest workers’ compensation fraud cases in recent memory.
