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Woburn Business Man Pleads Guilty to Insurance Fraud
Business did not correctly report payroll and employee numbers in an attempt to avoid insurance premium costs.
A Woburn business owner has pleaded guilty on charges he failed to accurately report his total payroll or number of employees to avoid insurance premium costs last week. Edward App, 50, pleaded guilty in Middlesex Superior Court to charges of Workers’ Compensation Fraud (4 counts) and Larceny Over $250 (3 counts) on Nov. 26. App was sentenced to 2.5 years in the House of Correction, suspended for two years, and two years probation. He was also ordered to pay full restitution, according to a statement from Attorney General Martha Coakley. According to Coakley, App is the owner and sole proprietor of App Tree Inc. (App Tree), a tree service company based in Woburn. The AG's office became involved in App Tree after an employee received life…
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