Workers compensation 
Justin Cvetkovski
Finance 405
Workers Compensation:
February 10th, 2015
The article I read discusses fraudulence when dealing with workers compensation. A bus driver from Pinellas County, Florida, Bruce Gilbert a full-grown man had allegedly suffered brain injuries from an “on the job” accident his wife had mentioned. The injuries received in the accident had caused Bruce Gilbert to talk like a 5 year old and has reduced his brain functionality. Over the past ten years the Gilbert family has collected about $774,000 in workers compensation, which was stated as being plenty for Bruce’s favorite foods. Investigators asked Bruce some simple questions like what his favorite foods were and some of his favorite books. Bruce responded what was said to be in a childlike tone “pizza and spaghetti”. When asked about his favorite books he had responded, “I like books with animals”. His wife stated that the injury suffered had a regressive mental ailment that unfortunately had given him the mental capacity of that of a child of about five years in age. However a private investigator looked further into the case and was suspicious of Bruce’s actions/activities. After an ongoing suspicion “private eye investigating Bruce Gilbert's disability found that the ex-bus driver, who now lives in Lake City, Fla., could not only still drive, but was also hunting and playing golf. Police in Columbia County, Fla., nabbed him on the golf course in April 2000.” Bruce was then arrested on the spot on counts of workers’ compensation fraudulence and grand theft. Gilbert however was consistent with his baby like talk while being handcuffed making comments like “they hurt me, mommy my mommy”.
So many Americans across the country are getting paid for not going to work through workers’ compensation with estimates around 1 billion dollars a year. “Workers' comp fraud accounts for about 1 percent to 2 percent of all workers' comp payments, according to J. Paul Leigh, a professor of the
Finance 405
Workers Compensation:
February 10th, 2015
The article I read discusses fraudulence when dealing with workers compensation. A bus driver from Pinellas County, Florida, Bruce Gilbert a full-grown man had allegedly suffered brain injuries from an “on the job” accident his wife had mentioned. The injuries received in the accident had caused Bruce Gilbert to talk like a 5 year old and has reduced his brain functionality. Over the past ten years the Gilbert family has collected about $774,000 in workers compensation, which was stated as being plenty for Bruce’s favorite foods. Investigators asked Bruce some simple questions like what his favorite foods were and some of his favorite books. Bruce responded what was said to be in a childlike tone “pizza and spaghetti”. When asked about his favorite books he had responded, “I like books with animals”. His wife stated that the injury suffered had a regressive mental ailment that unfortunately had given him the mental capacity of that of a child of about five years in age. However a private investigator looked further into the case and was suspicious of Bruce’s actions/activities. After an ongoing suspicion “private eye investigating Bruce Gilbert's disability found that the ex-bus driver, who now lives in Lake City, Fla., could not only still drive, but was also hunting and playing golf. Police in Columbia County, Fla., nabbed him on the golf course in April 2000.” Bruce was then arrested on the spot on counts of workers’ compensation fraudulence and grand theft. Gilbert however was consistent with his baby like talk while being handcuffed making comments like “they hurt me, mommy my mommy”.
So many Americans across the country are getting paid for not going to work through workers’ compensation with estimates around 1 billion dollars a year. “Workers' comp fraud accounts for about 1 percent to 2 percent of all workers' comp payments, according to J. Paul Leigh, a professor of the