Attorney General Liz Murrill’s Louisiana Bureau of Investigation Special Agents arrested a former employee with the Sewerage & Water Board of New Orleans on December 20. 

44-year-old Ederik Trask, of Lake Avenue in Metairie, was arrested for violating:

1. L.R.S. 23:1208 C.1 Misrepresentations Concerning Benefits over $10,000.

On August 27, 2024, LBI Special Agents received a complaint from a representative of the Sewerage & Water Board of New Orleans. The complaint alleged that a former employee might have knowingly committed Workers Compensation Fraud.

Special Agents conducted a criminal investigation into the complaint and obtained an overwhelming amount of evidence that Ederik Trask was employed by a rideshare company while obtaining Workers Compensation benefits.  

Special Agents secured an arrest warrant for Trask for violations of Louisiana law, prohibited acts as defined by L.R.S. 23:1208 C.1, Misrepresentations Concerning Benefits over $10,000.  

On December 20, 2024, Trask surrendered to agents at the Orleans Parish Jail where he was placed under arrest and booked without incident.

His bond information is unknown at this time.

Our investigation is ongoing.