Posted on 11/20/2009 7:03:11 AM PST by JoeProBono
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- California tax officials say an interior designer's false disability claim was uncovered when he was spotted on a home improvement television show. Fifty-six-year-old Ronald Hunt of Los Angeles was sentenced Tuesday to 200 hours of community service and ordered to pay more than $180,000 in restitution, unpaid taxes and fines. He pleaded guilty to two felony counts of fraud.
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You can’t fix stupid.
As a former claims adjuster I can attest to the fact that getting, on film, someone chopping firewood while being on disability for a “bad back” is one of the most satisfying feelings ever.
I too love seeing these insurance frauds getting their just rewards.
Also those phony veterans make me mad,they`re comtemtible
Dag nabbit, I have to remember to not go on national TV during the middle of a scam? Oh man being a criminal is so complicated.
I know someone who injured his back lifting on the job, is in constant low-level pain, has medically documented disk damage (yeah, I know lots of people in their forties will show some.) He got a fairly small settlement for partial disability but what drives his former employer crazy is that he rock-climbs - apparently his back can take the stretching but not compression. He’s honest; I take his word for it; but it’s understandable how aggravating it is for the employer.
Blotchy spots a disability?
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