Fraud by Employee

The most common forms of workers' compensation fraud by workers are:

• Remote injury. Workers get injured away from work, but say they were hurt on the job so that their workers' compensation policy will cover the medical bills.
  
• Inflating injuries. A worker has a fairly minor job injury, but lies about the magnitude of the injury to collect more workers' compensation money and stay away from work longer.
  
• Faking injuries. Workers fabricate an injury that never took place, and claim it for workers' compensation benefits.