TX MAN GETS TIME

James Webb of Houston was sentenced to 18 months in state jail by the Travis County, Texas, District Court after pleading guilty to charges that he defrauded the workers’ compensation system by collecting workers’ comp benefits for injuries he received while in jail. According to the Texas Mutual Insurance Company, the court also ordered Webb to pay $3,560 in restitution to Texas Mutual. Webb began collecting Temporary Income Benefits (TIBs) for a knee injury he claimed occurred while he was working for Texas Mutual policyholder Coastal Personnel Consultants in Houston, however an investigation revealed that the injury actually occurred while Webb was serving time in the Jefferson County Jail on an unrelated charge. Allegedly, Webb also collected TIBs after returning to work for another Houston company, Industrial Maintenance Corporation. Travis County Assistant District Attorney Donna Crosby prosecuted the case.