A truck driver should repay $144,000 in employees’ compensation after it was revealed he didn’t harm himself at work however was truly injured packing for a weekend away at a V8 supercars occasion.
Melbourne resident Geoffrey Glendinning, 58, submitted a WorkCover declare for a again harm in January 2015 that stated he was injured stepping out of his truck in November the earlier 12 months.
The declare was accepted in March 2015 and included legal responsibility for weekly funds along with medical bills reminiscent of spinal surgical procedure.
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The funds had been stopped in August 2017 after an investigation discovered Glendinning referred to as an ambulance the day earlier than he stated he was injured at work.
He referred to as paramedics twice a couple of stabbing ache in his leg and hip as he returned from a visit to a V8 Supercar occasion at Phillip Island.
Hospital information present he was recognized with sciatica after reporting a “pop” of hip ache whereas packing his automotive for the occasion, based on Worksafe.
Glendinning was sentenced in Sunshine Magistrates’ Court docket on Wednesday after pleading responsible to 2 expenses of acquiring monetary benefit by deception and one cost of acquiring property by deception.
He’s on a two-year neighborhood corrections order and should additionally do 180 hours of unpaid neighborhood work.
The office well being and security regulator’s government director Roger Arnold stated there was no excuse for one of these deception.
“This was a big fraud, which took cash and assets that ought to have been supporting injured employees and households in authentic want,” Arnold stated.
