FORMER BARTLESVILLE EMPLOYEE PLEADS GUILTY TO FRAUD

A former City of Bartlesville employee was ordered to pay almost $4,000 in restitution after pleading guilty to one count of workers’ compensation fraud, according to Attorney General Drew Edmondson.

David Wayne Lindley, a former Bartlesville Sanit-ation Department employee, pleaded guilty in Tulsa County District Court. He allegedly told his doctor he did not have employment outside his job with the city at the time he injured his back, when, in fact, he also ran a landscaping business.

He was sentenced to a three-year deferred sentence, and ordered to pay $3,859.60 in restitution, a $125 victims’ compensation assessment, a $125 fine and court costs.

The AG’s Workers’ Compensation Fraud Unit, which has statewide jurisdiction to investigate and prosecute workers’ compensation fraud, investigated the case.

To report information regarding suspeted workers’ comp fraud, contact the AG’s Workers’ Compensation Fraud hotline toll-free at (877) 800-8764.