3 Charged with Workers’ Comp, Insurance Fraud in Oklahoma
Three individuals in Oklahoma have been charged by the state’s attorney general with insurance fraud related to workers’ compensation, auto insurance and certificates of insurance.
The office of Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt reported that Robert Brandon Page, 40, of Muskogee, has been charged with one felony count of workers’ compensation fraud. According to the AG’s office, while working at Superior Linen Service Inc. Page made a workers’ compensation claim after a cart he was pulling up a steep ramp rolled off a platform and injured his shoulder when he tried to stop it.
Page was allegedly too hurt to work, and in a deposition, claimed he was also too injured to participate in his go kart racing hobby. However, evidence allegedly shows that Page was still participating in go kart racing, even lifting go karts, the AG’s office said.
If convicted, Page could face up to two years in prison and $1,000 in fines.
Brent Michael Baker, 40, of Enid, has been charged with one felony count of obtaining money by false pretense, the AG’s office reported. Baker is alleged to have issued certificates of insurance even though he is not licensed to sell insurance in Oklahoma, and obtained more than $1900 from a single family by issuing false certificates of insurance.
The Oklahoma Insurance Department investigated the allegations after a complaint was submitted to the agency. If convicted, Baker could face up to 10 years in prison and $5,000 in fines, as well as restitution.
William Dennis Mitchell, 52, of Sapulpa, has been charged with one felony count of false claim for insurance. Mitchell is alleged to have bought automobile insurance the day after he backed his truck into a gas meter, and he then allegedly reported the accident as having occurred after he bought the insurance policy.
A report detailing the gas leak stemming from the accident contradicts Mitchell’s insurance claim, according to the AG’s office.
If convicted, Mitchell could face up to three years in prison and $10,000 in fines.
Source: Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office