Vancouver couple accused of workers’ comp fraud
L&I: Pair claimed injuries, got benefits, kept working
Published: July 19, 2021, 6:10pm
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A Vancouver couple have been charged with the theft of workers’ compensation insurance benefits from the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries.
Jeffrey Bart Pierson, 61, is accused of stealing more than $116,000 over about two years, and Karen S. Pierson, 62, is accused of stealing more than $64,000 over about 15 months. The couple worked at My Dad’s Automotive & Exhaust, a Hazel Dell auto repair shop owned by their son.
Court documents allege that the couple regularly stated on official forms that they could not work due to injuries suffered on the job, but L&I investigators recorded dozens of videos of them working at the shop during the time they were receiving disability benefits.
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Therfield Heath
- Credit: Archant
A proposal to deregister part of the common land along the A505 Baldock Road and exchange it with land west of Pen Hills has been approved.
Since then, the heath has been 8500m² smaller than it should have been.
The application was to deregister a section of Therfield Health land (in green) and register the blue area as common land. Picture: HCC
- Credit: Archant
The discovery happened when members of the action group opposing the previous land swap application did their research at Hertfordshire Archives.
While checking documents, Royston residents Karen Pearson and Don Shewan uncovered information about the compulsory purchase of a small section of the common for a new dual carriageway on the A505.