Fraud Fighting Tips from Prosecutors
- April 6th, 2017
- Tom Richard
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Workers’ Compensation fraud is an ever increasing problem in California, but enforcement agencies, employers, adjusters, investigators, and attorneys are developing new and innovative ways to combat the increased economic burden that fraud places on the Workers’ Compensation system. California Department…
Did a Comp Award Lead to a Fraud Conviction?
- March 29th, 2011
- Tom Richard
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Daly City Councilwoman and former mayor Maggie Gomez pleaded no contest to charges of workers’ compensation fraud, as reported by the Associated Press and several California news outlets. She is scheduled to be sentenced in San Mateo Superior Court on…
Workers’ Compensation Fraud Elements Outlined
- June 2nd, 2010
- Tom Richard
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The Court of Appeal has outlined the five elements needed to prove a workers’ compensation fraud case: (1) making a written or oral statement; (2) knowing that the statement is false; (3) the statement is material in that it deals…