The owners of a Perry Township, Pa,. butcher’s shop face charges of filing a false or fraudulent claim, insurance fraud and theft by deception after allegedly concealing income from one job while collecting disability benefits from another.

David Aiken, 51, allegedly failed to report income he received while on disability after a work-related injury at Aiken Custom Meats in Perry Township, according to the Ellwood City Ledger.

Aiken was injured in March 2004, when he fell into a meat locker at the butcher’s shop. That July he underwent surgery to repair a torn rotator cuff, according to the report. The Unum Group paid Aiken’s disability insurance claim, as he was unable to work while recuperating from the injury.

While Aiken was receiving disability payments, he also allegedly was working 30 hours a week at an auto auction in Cranberry Township, according to the Ledger.

Court documents indicate that Aiken and his wife, Patricia, 49, concealed the income from the auction in what the attorney general’s insurance fraud unit called a deliberate attempt to maximize his benefits, the report said.

The Unum Group paid $2,694 in benefits by the couple’s actions and it would have been charged an additional $476.34 in premiums, according to police.