The Attorney General’s Fair Labor Division announced this week that the a Wilmington Construction company and its owner have been ordered to pay more than $472,000 in restitution and fines for failing to pay the prevailing wage, misclassifying workers as independent contractors and numerous other wage violations. R. Humphrey, 63, is the owner of RPM […]
MA Law | Insurance Fraud
$58,000 in Fines for Not Properly Paying Employees and Classifying Them Incorrectly As Independent Contractors
A husband and wife where cited more than $58,000 in restitution and fines for failing to pay the prevailing wage, misclassifying workers as independent contractors and record keeping violations Attorney General Martha Coakley’s office announced today. The couple, Alexander and Tatiana Shlepakov of Sharon, are the owners of the Providence, Rhode Island-based Padi USA, Inc. […]
Lowell Staffing Company Owner Indicted for Workman’s Comp Fraud
Dara Duong, 53, of Lowell was indicted by a Middlesex Grand Jury for three counts of Worker’s Compensation Fraud and two counts of Larceny over $250. He is scheduled to be arraigned in Middlesex Superior Court this Thursday, July 14, 2011. The AG’s Office says that the allegations against Duong involve his failure to report […]
Encompass Insurance Receives $6 million in Massachusetts Superior Court Case Against Chiropractors
Encompass Insurance, a subsidiary of Allstate, announced today that The Superior Court of Massachusetts entered civil judgments against Alan and Marc Cohen and has ordered them to pay Encompass $1,155,129 in damages. Encompass was one of four insurers to sue the Cohens and their chiropractic clinics, alleging the chiropractors engaged in the practice of submitting […]
Guilty Verdicts for Mass Motor Vehicle Insurance Fraud Ring
Omar Castillo, age 38, of Methuen; James C. Hyde, age 59, of Boxford; and Michael H. Kaplan, age 49, of Hampstead, NH, were found guilty yesterday on charges of Motor Vehicle Insurance Fraud, including Larceny Over $250, and Attempted Larceny Over $250. The trial of the the conspirators began on April 11, 2010 and lasted […]
