Sunday, April 04, 2010
Floyd County Coal Operator Indicted
KENTUCKY...
The operator of a coal-mining company in Prestonsburg has been indicted on charges stemming from an alleged scheme to avoid paying workers compensation insurance. A federal grand jury in Lexington has charged Pamela Allen with five counts of mail fraud. Allen is listed in Thursday's indictment as the sole officer of Sly Branch Energy, an underground coal-mining operation. The indictment alleges that Allen underreported monthly payroll and the number of miners working for her to Kentucky Employers Mutual Insurance. She did this by creating a sham trucking company and placing many of her mining employees on that payroll. The indictment charges that by hiding employees this way she was able to pay less than full value for workers compensation insurance. Her arraignment date has not yet been set.
The operator of a coal-mining company in Prestonsburg has been indicted on charges stemming from an alleged scheme to avoid paying workers compensation insurance. A federal grand jury in Lexington has charged Pamela Allen with five counts of mail fraud. Allen is listed in Thursday's indictment as the sole officer of Sly Branch Energy, an underground coal-mining operation. The indictment alleges that Allen underreported monthly payroll and the number of miners working for her to Kentucky Employers Mutual Insurance. She did this by creating a sham trucking company and placing many of her mining employees on that payroll. The indictment charges that by hiding employees this way she was able to pay less than full value for workers compensation insurance. Her arraignment date has not yet been set.
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