Cop Convicted of Comp Fraud Must Repay Insurance Premiums as Restitution

A California appellate court upheld a restitution order requiring a police officer to reimburse his employer for health insurance premiums it paid while he was on administrative leave because he was being investigated for workers’ compensation fraud. The decision comes a little more than a week after another appellate court determined that State Compensation Insurance Fund and the California Highway Patrol were entitled to more than $70,000 in restitution for costs incurred investigating a former state trooper who was convicted of fraud. The latest decision involves Ryan P. Natividad, ...