'Disabled Workers' Giving Money Back To Metro

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Six former Metro workers have to pay back money they weren't entitled to after they said they were too hurt to work, but were secretly holding down other jobs.

Video: 'Disabled Workers' Must Pay Metro Back $200K

The I-Team asked, if you're too hurt to work, how can you run a bingo hall?

John Walters is just one of the so called "double-dippers" the Channel 4 I-Team featured in past investigations.

In 1998, Channel 4 caught Walters, a deputy who was not working and receiving a disability paycheck, running a Kentucky bingo parlor.

In 2002, WSMV found that disabled police officer Jerry Pinkleton was working as a contract security guard. Gary Mallory was found running a security business while collecting his police disability pension.

Channel 4 told the public about Randy Fowler's private investigation company. He was helping defend accused killers while collecting his disability pension as a Metro homicide detective.

After the investigations, the Metro legal department filed suit against disability pensioners who weren't telling Metro about their outside income.

Metro announced they were working to reclaim some of the city's money.

"This is a benefit you're entitled to, but we will come after you if you manipulate the system,” said Kevin Klein of the Metro Legal Department.

Randy Fowler agreed to pay Metro back $26,500.

Jerry Pinkleton will give back $36,000.

Gary Mallory will pay $60,800 back to Metro.

There's no dollar amount in the John Walters case yet.

Disabled firefighter Arby Caroway will give back $67,000 for lying about his outside job driving a truck.

"We took that case to trial, and we established in front of a jury that he intentionally defrauded Metro," said Kevin Klein of the Metro Legal Department.

In all, six "double-dippers" are paying back $200,000.

Cutting off the "double-dippers" saved Metro money in two ways.

Not only did some of them have to pay back money, but several lost their medical and pension benefits forever, saving Metro at least a $1 million.

It's all right for Metro workers to have a job while they're out on disability, but they have to report their income so that it's deducted from their disability check.