Fraud 101: Working while collecting workers comp is fraud

A Minnesota State University work-study student was charged with felony counts of insurance fraud, workers compensation fraud and theft by swindle Monday after he collected more than $10,00 after a slip and fall in the cafeteria allegedly landed him another job in the admissions office.

Liberty Hombe, of Mankato, Minnesota, was working in a university cafeteria in February 2019 when he fell, according to a court complaint, accessed by the Mankato Free Press.

A former supervisor later discovered Mr. Hombe was working in the college admissions office while continuing to collect benefits on the claim he was unable to work due to his injury, according to the news outlet.

Mr. Hombe reportedly admitted to a state investigator he had not reported he was working in a new position and continued to collect workers compensation along with new income.