2 W. Va. Employers Indicted on Fraud Charges

A Kanawha County Grand Jury indicted two West Virginia employers on multiple charges relating to failing to subscribe to the former Workers’ Compensation Commission.

On the indictment of Susan Borman and Leonard Cox, West Virginia Insurance Commissioner, Jane L. Cline said, “West Virginia law requires any business operating in the state to have workers’ compensation coverage for its employees.”

Borman, owner and operator of West Virginia Concrete Coating and Design in Harrison County was indicted Aug. 2 on one felony count for operating a business without workers’ compensation insurance and one felony count of filing a false report with the former Workers’ Compensation Commission.

Cox, owner and operator of Cox Roofing in Kanawha County was also indicted Aug. 2 on one felony county of operating a business without worker’s compensation insurance and two felony counts of uttering a public record.

Borman is scheduled to be arraigned in front of Kanawha Circuit Judge Duke Bloom Aug. 15. Cox is scheduled to be arraigned in front of Kanawha Circuit Judge Charles King Aug. 13. If convicted, both face one to 10 years in prison and up to a $10,000 fine on each felony count.

Source: West Virginia Insurance Department