Arlington man charged with theft in $80K workers' comp fraud case

Arlington man charged with theft in $80K workers' comp fraud case

An Arlington resident is facing a charge of first-degree theft after the Washington Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) conducted a workers’ compensation fraud investigation. Jon Paul Traff, 49, allegedly received more than $80,000 in workers’ compensation benefits after claiming he was too injured to work. “After getting hurt at one job, and getting time-loss benefits for being too injured to work, Mr. Traff got hurt again at a second job, a…