Workers’ comp scam alleged
By Donna Gehrke-White, Sun Sentinel | |
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A 26-year-old North Lauderdale man has been arrested and accused of helping construction subcontractors skip paying the state-required workers' compensation insurance premiums.
State investigators accused
For 2 percent to 3 percent of workers' wages, the subcontractors paid fraudsters to set up a sham construction company that carried a bare minimum of workers' compensation insurance, according to a complaint affidavit. The subcontractors could then claim they had the insurance to get construction work -- without actually paying for insurance, said Major
Ramos-Rodriguez was charged with one count of scheme to defraud, conspiracy to commit grand theft over
He was the latest implicated by a special state, Broward and Palm Beach County task force investigating construction companies suspected of using shell companies to avoid paying for workers' compensation. In three years, the task force has tracked down
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