DA Charges Firefighter With Fraud

A Southern California prosecutor announced fraud charges against a firefighter who allegedly misrepresented the extent of his injuries. Ventura County District Attorney Gregory D. Totten said in a statement that Perry A. Lieber, 34, was charged with two felony counts of work comp fraud and one felony count of perjury. “It is alleged that Lieber made material misrepresentations concerning the nature and extent of an industrial injury, as well as his true physical abilities,” Totten’s statement reads. “It is also alleged he misrepresented the true state of his income wh...