Imposter posed as Queens man for doctor’s visits in ‘fraudulent’ construction fall claim | 7 On Your Side Investigates [Video]

NEW YORK (WABC) — For months, Eyewitness News has been looking into potential fraudulent work site accidents in New York and recently uncovered a case in which it appears someone stole a man’s identity and posed as him as a patient for a worker’s compensation claim.

Eyewitness News investigative reporter Kristin Thorne made the discovery while looking into the case of a Queens man who said someone used his name and address to file a worker’s comp case and a lawsuit against two developers.

The man asked that we not use his real name. We will refer to him as Daniel for the purposes of this story.

Daniel said he never worked at a construction site in Brooklyn, but he’s been named in a worker’s comp claim and a lawsuit saying that he did. The documents state that Daniel was injured on August 17, 2022 when he fell at the site, but Daniel said …