Orange County Workers' Compensation Fraud Cases Plead Out. Aspen Durable Medical Equipment Owners Get Minimal Jail Time, Pay Over $8 Million in Restitution and Dismiss $139 Million in Liens at WCAB

In criminal fraud cases, restitution is usually key to obtaining favorable plea terms. In workers' compensation fraud cases, releasing t...

When Is Physician Billing for In Office Prescriptions, Compounded Medications and Urine Toxicology Screening for Workers’ Compensation Patients Illegal? Orange County DA Charges Doctors, Pharmacists and Business Owners Alleging Insurance Fraud and Illegal Referral Fees

For years, there have been companies who approach physicians and offer ways they can add to their revenue stream.   This has been more commo...

Two Apparel Executives and Their Accountant Plead No Contest to Workers' Compensation Premium Fraud for Underreporting Payroll to Insurance Carriers

On December 1, 2016, t wo clothing manufacturing executives and their accountant pleaded no contest for their roles in underreporting worker...

Court of Appeal Rules In Favor of Defense Challenges to Indictments in Two Orange County Workers Compensation Fraud Cases (Landmark - People v. Ahmed & People v. Charbonnet). Only One Count Left In Ahmed Case and Three Counts Left in Charbonnet Case Unless Prosecutor Resubmits Cases to Grand Jury.

The Orange County District Attorney's Office has been dealt a setback in two workers' compensation fraud cases (known as the Landmar...

Los Angeles Nightclub Owner and Sacramento Construction Company Owner Arrested for Workers' Compensation Insurance Fraud, EDD Payroll Tax Fraud. Get Compliant and Seek Professional Advice When Faced With Audits.

On January 8, 2016, two criminal cases were filed against individual company owners for workers' compensation insurance fraud and payrol...

California Janitorial Company Servicing Hotels Has Owners Indicted for Workers Compensation Premium Fraud

In California,  workers' compensation premium fraud  cases are aggressively investigated by the insurance companies and then presented t...

Interpreting Service Company G&G's 2 Owners and 7 Employees Charged With Workers' Compensation Fraud in Providing Translating Services to Medical Clinics' Patients

Interpreting services in the workers' compensation system has been criticized at times as being overused and abused ancillary service. H...

OWNER OF PROPERTY MANAGEMENT AND ASPHALT COMPANIES ARRAIGNED ON STATE CHARGES FOR FAILING TO REPORT PAYROLL PROPERLY TO AIG AND SCIF - “WORKERS COMPENSATION PREMIUM INSURANCE FRAUD”

On November 25, 2015, in Orange County Superior Court in Santa Ana, California, a business owner Darrin Shawn Wilson was charged with a numb...

Injured Worker's Hearing Representative and Interpreter Charged With Insurance Fraud for Cashing Settlement Check Intended for Deceased Client

On an unusual case that arose from a workers’ compensation lawyer’s office, a hearing representative from the law office was charged with mu...

Recent Federal Indictments in Workers Compensation Cases Show Efforts to Obtain Hard Evidence by Secret Recordings, Text Messages, Emails and Mailings to Strengthen Their Cases

In the three Indictments filed last week by the Southern District in San Diego where the medical treatment and billings were California work...