Attorney's Note

Under the Florida Statutes, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Felony of the third degreeup to 5 yearsup to $5,000
For details, see Fla. Stat. § 775.082(3)(e)

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Terms Used In Florida Statutes 440.1051

  • Compensation: means the money allowance payable to an employee or to his or her dependents as provided for in this chapter. See Florida Statutes 440.02
  • Department: means the Department of Financial Services; the term does not include the Financial Services Commission or any office of the commission. See Florida Statutes 440.02
  • Division: means the Division of Workers' Compensation of the Department of Financial Services. See Florida Statutes 440.02
  • Employee: includes any person who is an officer of a corporation and who performs services for remuneration for such corporation within this state, whether or not such services are continuous. See Florida Statutes 440.02
  • Employer: means the state and all political subdivisions thereof, all public and quasi-public corporations therein, every person carrying on any employment, and the legal representative of a deceased person or the receiver or trustees of any person. See Florida Statutes 440.02
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Person: means individual, partnership, association, or corporation, including any public service corporation. See Florida Statutes 440.02

(1) The Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Insurance Fraud of the Division of Investigative and Forensic Services of the department shall establish a toll-free telephone number to receive reports of workers’ compensation fraud committed by an employee, employer, insurance provider, physician, attorney, or other person.
(2) Any person who reports workers’ compensation fraud to the Division of Investigative and Forensic Services under subsection (1) is immune from civil liability for doing so, and the person or entity alleged to have committed the fraud may not retaliate against him or her for providing such report, unless the person making the report knows it to be false.
(3) A person who calls and, knowingly and falsely, reports workers’ compensation fraud or who, in violation of subsection (2) retaliates against a person for making such report, commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.