Medical chain charged in workers’ comp scam

October 28, 2016 at 12:00a.m.

Associated Press

CLEVELAND

A chain of Cleveland-area medical clinics, their former co-owner and a doctor who worked there have been charged with racketeering over allegations that they defrauded Ohio’s Bureau of Workers’ Compensation.

Prosecutors say the 170-count indictment alleges that the chain known as The Medical Care Group, former co-owner Dianne Javier and Dr. Stephen Bernie ran a criminal enterprise that defrauded the agency between 2008 and 2014.