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Sask. WCB claimant sentenced in fraud conviction

A former autobody repairman was sentenced Jan. 24 in Melfort, Sask. for defrauding the Saskatchewan WCB. File / Global News

MELFORT, Sask. – A Melfort, Sask. man has been sentenced in provincial court for defrauding the Saskatchewan workers’ compensation board (WCB) of almost $27,000.

The charges were originally laid in April of 2012.

The former autobody repairman pleaded guilty to going back to work while still receiving income replacement.

He’s received an 18-month conditional sentence and was ordered to repay the WCB.

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