Gary Delrayne, 36, of Ocean Grove, pleaded guilty in Geelong Magistrates' Court to fraudulently obtaining payments.
Court documents reveal Delrayne received WorkCover payments for a back and neck injury from September 29, 2009, until February 18 last year while working as an insulation fitter.
He was a senior constable stationed in Melbourne with the Force Response Unit at the time of his injury.
Delrayne resigned from Victoria Police in October.
He received more than $19,000 in compensation payments during his period of offending and more than $51,000 in payments from his insulation business.
A WorkSafe investigation found that Delrayne completed a course in insulation installation five months after going off work sick.
The court was told his company, Insulation on Demand, received payments of $170,000 between July 2009 and April last year and that he was nominated as the installer on most jobs.
The manager of a Geelong timber yard provided statements that Delrayne claimed he had taken a year off work to take advantage of the federal Government's Home Insulation Incentive Scheme, buying $145,000 worth of materials.
WorkSafe Victoria spokesman Michael Birt said cases such as Delrayne's could undermine community confidence and support in the WorkCover system.
"Fraud against Victoria's workplace injury insurance system costs the community," he said.
"It undermines those who are doing the right thing and helps reinforce the unfairly held view that people who are off work because of an injury are bludging."
The court ordered Delrayne to repay $5000 to WorkCover.
Source: http://www.safetyinaustralia.com.au/safety-news/6643-workcover-fraudster-cops-it.html
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