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California work comp

Staples' Carrier Pays $1.5 Million To Fraudulent Claimant

What Brokers Should DoSan Diego County prosecutors secured a conviction and a one-year jail sentence in a workers' comp fraud case that had been running for over a decade and generated millions in trumped up expenses. In the end it was coincidental that the fraud was discovered at all. The story might be a real a lesson for employers in how carriers might better manage claims, and for brokers in why frequent case reviews are so important.

Yolandi Kohrumel (see photo) had been on the job as a manager at a local Staples office supply store for three months when she filed a workers' comp claim. She maintained that a heavy box fell on her foot and broke a toe. Surgery on the toe ensued a couple months later and that's when the case grew more interesting.

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