Connecticut Woman Charged with Fraud

October 10, 2023

Special education teacher nabbed for cheating workers’ comp

  • A Woodbridge, Connecticut, woman has been charged with illegally collecting Workers’ Compensation benefits in the amount of $16,053.30 during her employment as a school teacher with the city of New Haven.
  • According to the arrest warrant affidavit, on October 3, 2019, while working as a special education teacher, Pamela Reichbart sustained a head injury and was placed on temporary total disability.
  • she began receiving wage replacement and medical benefits paid through the Connecticut Interlocal Risk Management Agency, the third-party administrator for the city of New Haven’s workers’ compensation program
  • While receiving TTD benefits, Reichbart failed to disclose between the months of August through December 2020 that she had any medical improvement.
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Good year for catching workers’ comp fraud in Ohio

  • The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Special Investigations Department achieved impressive results in fiscal year 2023.
  • This past fiscal year, SID closed 1,362 cases, had 79 convictions, and identified $73.5 million in savings to our system – averaging $53,984 in savings per closed case.
  • Protecting the state insurance fund, ensuring the workforce is receiving the best care possible, and employers pay their share to help keep premiums low has been a driving force for the SID specialists.
  • There have been several achievements this fiscal year by the department catching fraud.
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D.C worker critically injured

  • A worker was rushed to the hospital in critical condition after falling down three stories in Northwest Washington, D.C.
  • The man fell 3 stories into a below-grade area in the 1300 block 11th St., NW on Oct. 2.
  • The victim began receiving advanced life support care while first responders prepared to extract him from the below-grade space.
  • Once successfully removed, he was taken to a nearby hospital with serious, life-threatening injuries.
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Funds to battle opioid crisis in Washington

  • Washington state has also experienced significant increases in opioid-related drug overdose deaths, as deaths nearly doubled from 827 in 2019 to 1,619 in 2021.
  • The U.S. Labor Department announced the award of $992,363 in grant funding to the state’s Department of Employment Security to assist those affected by the health and economic effects of widespread opioid use, addiction, and overdose.
  • The National Health Emergency Dislocated Worker Grant will serve communities in Spokane County by creating disaster relief positions to address local workforce impacts of the opioid crisis.
  • Funds will also support employment and training services for dislocated workers experiencing long-term unemployment and other workforce barriers resulting from the opioid crisis.
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