Louisiana What is Workers' Compensation Fraud is a type of insurance fraud that involves employees deliberately exaggerating or falsifying a work-related injury or illness in order to receive benefits from an employer’s workers' compensation insurance. Types of Louisiana What is Workers' Compensation Fraud include: 1. Misrepresentation of injury or illness: This is when an employee conceals a prior injury or illness, or misrepresents the nature of an injury or illness in order to receive workers' compensation benefits. 2. Misrepresentation of employment status: This is when an employee misrepresents their employment status in order to receive workers' compensation benefits, such as claiming to have been an employee when they were actually a contractor or independent contractor. 3. Falsifying job duties: This is when an employee exaggerates or falsifies their job duties in order to receive workers' compensation benefits, such as claiming to have been performing a more hazardous job than they actually were. 4. Unauthorized medical treatment: This is when an employee receives medical treatment for a work-related injury or illness without authorization from their employer or insurance provider. 5. False reporting of time lost from work: This is when an employee claims to have missed more work due to an injury or illness than they actually have. 6. Double-dipping: This is when an employee collects workers' compensation benefits and also receives wages or salary from their employer for the same period of time.