13 V.S.A. § 2024: Workers’ compensation fraud; criminal penalties

Any person, including an employee, employer, medical case manager, health care provider, vocational rehabilitation provider, or workers’ compensation insurance carrier, who knowingly and with intent to defraud makes a false statement or representation for the purpose of obtaining, affecting, or denying any benefit or payment under the provisions of 21 V.S.A. chapter 9 or the provisions of 8 V.S.A. Part 3, relating to insurance, either for herself or himself or for any other person, shall forfeit all benefits or payments obtained as a result of the false statement or representation and all or a portion of any right to compensation under the provisions of 21 V.S.A. chapter 9 as determined by the Commissioner and:

(1) for fraud involving $10,000.00 or more, be fined not more than $100,000.00 or imprisoned not more than three years, or both; and

(2) for fraud involving less than $10,000.00, be fined not more than $10,000.00 or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.