Dancer who portrays Kia hamster accused of disability fraud
 

<p>Filed under: <a href="http://commetsmigtest.sandbox.au toblog.com/category/government-legal/" rel="tag">Government/Legal</a>, <a href="http://commetsmigtest.sandbox.au toblog.com/category/marketing-advertising/" rel="tag">Marketing/Advertising</a>, <a href="http://commetsmigtest.sandbox.au toblog.com/kia/" rel="tag">Kia</a></p><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/kia-hamster-disability-fraud_n_5449870.html"><im g alt="Kia Hamsters" data-credit="Kia" data-mep="288850" src="http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/47c5fae38b0a5b52421a55bce 1995c71/200234572/kia-hamster.jpg" /></a><br />
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Tsk, tsk, dancing hamster. <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/kia+hamsters/">Kia's trio of anthropomorphic rodents</a> may be down a member, as the actor that portrays one of the dancing hamsters has been arrested on charges of disability fraud.<br />
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According to <em>The Huffington Post</em>, 27-year-old <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/kia-hamster-disability-fraud_n_5449870.html">LeR oy Barnes accepted over $51,000 in disability payments</a> following a workplace injury in 2010. While accepting the money, he's accused of performing under aliases, in addition to his costumed work for <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/kia/">Kia</a>.<br />
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"Fraudulently collecting disability benefits is not only illegal, it disrespects legitimately injured Californians who are unable to work," Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones said in a release obtained by HuffPo.<br />
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Barnes was arrested back in March and posted $50,000 in bail the following day.<p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://commetsmigtest.sandbox.au toblog.com/2014/06/05/kia-hamster-dancer-disability-fraud/">Dancer who portrays Kia hamster accused of disability fraud</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://commetsmigtest.sandbox.au toblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Thu, 05 Jun 2014 14:30:00 EST. Please see our <a href="/rss-term-of-use/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://commetsmigtest.sandbox.au toblog.com/2014/06/05/kia-hamster-dancer-disability-fraud/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://commetsmigtest.sandbox.au toblog.com/forward/20907294/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://commetsmigtest.sandbox.au toblog.com/2014/06/05/kia-hamster-dancer-disability-fraud/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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