Stuart man sentenced for workers' comp fraud

May 20, 2009 04:35 pm

— MUSKOGEE, Okla. (AP) — A Hughes County man has been sentenced to six months home detention and five years probation for workers' compensation fraud.

U.S. Attorney Sheldon Sperling says 62-year-old Benny Little of Stuart was also ordered to pay $140,147 in restitution when he was sentenced Wednesday in federal court in Muskogee.

Sperling says from October 2003 until August 2008 Little operated a hay-cutting business and worked as a security guard while also receiving federal workers' compensation pay.