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WA L&I: Seattle Cabbie Must Repay State for Pension Fraud

April 21, 2014 - WorkCompWire

Seattle, WA – A Seattle cab driver who defrauded Washington state of workers’ compensation benefits must pay back the state and spend 20 days in confinement.

King County Superior Court Judge Carol A. Shapira recently sentenced Shahin I. Shahin to 20 days in jail, credited him for one day served and agreed to let him serve the remaining time in electronic home monitoring.

Judge Shapira also ordered Shahin, 53, to repay the Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) more than $14,000 for workers’ comp benefits he received.

Felony theft
Shahin pleaded guilty last month to one felony count of first-degree theft for defrauding the state from October 2008 to May 2012, according to the Washington Attorney General’s Office.

During that period, he was receiving disability pension payments from L&I and signing official documents stating he was not employed and could not work due to a job-related injury.

Changed his name
An L&I investigation, however, revealed that Shahin had legally changed his name from Walid I. Shahin to Shahin I. Shahin, and was using the new name in a job driving taxis.

L&I continued to know him as Walid I. Shahin because he never reported his name change nor his work as a taxi driver to the department. He even passed two medical exams under the new name, clearing him to drive a cab.

Shahin originally filed for workers’ compensation in 1996 after he was struck by a freight elevator door while he worked at a Seattle restaurant.

Source: WA L&I

Filed Under: Industry News, Top Stories, Work Force & Human Resource News, Workers' Compensation

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