Monday, October 19th, 2026 — Three Connecticut business owners have been arrested following separate investigations into alleged workers' compensation insurance violations, including a case in which the state's Second Injury Fund paid more than $25,000 in benefits and medical expenses after an employee was injured while working for an uninsured contractor.
According to the Connecticut Chief State's Attorney's Office, the arrests involve two construction contractors and a restaurant owner accused of failing to meet the state's workers' compensation insurance requirements.
In the first case, the owner of a Middletown roofing company allegedly failed to disclose multiple employees to the business's workers' compensation insurance carrier. Authorities allege the omissions constituted insurance fraud, raising questions about the accuracy of employee information provided to the insurer.
A separate investigation involved an East Hartford construction business that allegedly operated without workers' compensation coverage when an employee suffered a workplace injury. As a result, Connecticut's Second Injury Fund paid more than $25,000 in combined benefits to the injured worker and medical providers.
The third case concerns a Westport restaurant owner accused of operating without a workers' compensation insurance policy on two separate occasions.
The cases involve different forms of alleged noncompliance that affect workers' compensation insurance operations. Accurate employee reporting is necessary for proper premium calculations, while maintaining required coverage determines whether an employer has an insurance policy available to respond when workplace injuries occur.
The involvement of the Second Injury Fund in the construction case also demonstrates the financial consequences of uninsured workplace injuries. In that instance, the fund incurred more than $25,000 in expenses that would otherwise have been evaluated under an employer's workers' compensation coverage.
Connecticut's Workers' Compensation Fraud Control Unit investigated all three cases. Each business owner was released on a $10,000 non-surety bond and ordered to appear in Middletown Superior Court later in October.
The charges remain allegations, and all three defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty.
