Dayton man who defrauds workers’ comp of $31K gets probation

A Dayton man who secretly had a job while he collected more than $30,000 in temporary total disability benefits was sentenced to probation.

James Fields, 43, was sentenced Wednesday by Montgomery County Common Pleas Judge Dennis Adkins to up to five years probation after he pleaded guilty June 12 to workers’ compensation fraud and four counts of tampering with records in a case investigated by the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Special Investigation Department.

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As part of a plea agreement, three additional counts of tampering with records were dismissed and Fields was ordered to repay the workers’ comp benefits he received.

Fields fraudulently received approximately $31,000 in benefits from the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation between Sept. 21, 2021, and May 19, 2023, the Montgomery County Prosecutor’s Office said.

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The tampering charges are for forms completed in September and December 2021, and February, April, May, June and August 2022, according to his indictment.

If he violates his probation, he faces up to 4½ years in prison.

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