A Saugerties, N.Y., man who admitted he illegally accepted workers’ compensation benefits over a three-year span was sentenced to 30 days in jail and five years of probation upon release.

Joseph A. Gambino, 58, was also sentenced to make $77,800 in restitution after accepting his guilty plea to charges of insurance fraud and workers’ compensation fraud, according to the New York State Insurance Department.

Gambino was arrested in December 2008, following in an investigation by the department’s frauds bureau, the New York State Insurance Fund and the Workers’ Compensation Board Inspector General’s Office.

Investigators caught Gambino on videotape engaging in activities such as moving furniture and riding a motorcycle without the cane he appeared to rely on heavily during medical exams, according to the department.

Gambino collected workers’ compensation benefits from the Insurance fund for more than three years after claiming he had suffered a job-related back injury in 2003.