Commissioners Asking DAs to Get Creative in Fighting Fraud

By Greg Jones, Western Bureau ChiefSACRAMENTO, Calif. – Prosecutors throughout California should identify creative and innovative ways to efficiently fight fraud because it is unlikely that grant funding for that task will be increased anytime soon, members of the Fraud Assessment Commission said on Wednesday.Employer assessments fund the grant program and commission members do not want to ask businesses in the state to pay more when they’re already facing an increase in assessments for other programs.Jiles Smith, who was re-elected as vice-chairman of the commission during Wednesd...