Scamming Worker's Comp: Mackenzie Coonan's Fraud Case

0:00A 25-year-old woman from Rutland, Massachusetts, named Mackenzie Kunin, just got hit with serious charges for allegedly scamming workers, compensation benefits. Officials from Connecticut's Division of Criminal Justice nailed her with first-degree larceny, fraudulent claims, and perjury after she pocketed over $22,597, while supposedly too injured to work. Back in March of 2024, Kunin claimed she banged her head on metal shells at a staples warehouse in Putnam, Connecticut. Doctors put her on temporary total disability, then partial, and she started collecting those wage replacement checks from Corvall Corporation in, August of 2024, right through July 10th of 2025. Meanwhile, investigators say she was pulling part-time and even full-time shifts as a dispensing agent at a marijuana shop in Webster, Massachusetts, without reporting that extra cash or her improving condition to anyone. The fraud unit dug deeper and found she even lied under oath during a deposition with lawyers

1:02from a local firm, sealing the case against her. Kunin got arrested on April 15th on a warrant, posted a $10,000 bond, and now faces court in Norge Superior Court on April 20th of 2026, then Danielson Superior Court two days later. Cases like this remind us how these schemes hit employers and taxpayers hard, but the systems fighting back. That's the story for today. Start for news today, driven by AI.