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Posted: Feb 14, 2021 9:00 AM ET | Last Updated: February 14
Alicia Micallef waits in line to pay at a grocery store, in video secretly recorded by a private investigator hired by Ontario’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Board.(WSIB surveillance video) comments
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She was surveilled by her insurer. Experts say she s not alone
When Alicia Micallef filed a workers compensation claim after suffering a concussion, she was secretly videotaped by Ontario s Workplace Safety and Insurance Board, which used the footage to wrongly accuse her of insurance fraud. Experts say all kinds of insurers use covert surveillance to intimidate claimants or discredit claims. The videos showed snippets of Micallef going about her daily life including taking in live music, sitting on the subway
Injured woman secretly videotaped by insurer, then wrongly accused of fraud
An Ontario woman was secretly followed and videotaped by the organization that should have been helping her recover from a workplace injury. Instead, Ontario s Workplace Safety and Insurance Board tried to use the videos to discredit her. Experts say all kinds of insurers use covert surveillance to intimidate claimants or discredit claims.
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