Montgomery County is hiring private eyes to spy on employees who may have filed bogus claims as part of an effort to curb rising worker’s compensation costs.

County employees file more than 2,000 worker’s compensation claims a year, and the county spent more than $16.5 million on settling claims during the last fiscal year — more than a 50 percent increase from three years go, according to county records.

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