CDI: Truck Driver's Death Exposes Premium Fraud Scheme

The California Department of Insurance announced that the owner of a Central Valley trucking firm was charged with fraud after the death of a driver revealed he allegedly underreported payroll by more than $2.3 million. Heigo Kubar was arraigned Wednesday on three felony counts of workers’ compensation fraud, the department said. The 84-year-old former owner of TKJ Trucking is accused of reporting $875,591 in payroll from Dec. 1, 2018, to Dec. 1, 2021. CDI said the company actually had $3.2 million in payroll for that period. Kubar allegedly shorted insurance carriers more than $480,00...