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Case Name | The People v. Crystal Caldwell | |
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Date | 04/20/2011 | |
Note | An applicant must serve a sentence of at least three years on formal probation for workers' compensation fraud and attempted perjury, thanks to a claims examiner's hunch and surveillance video. | |
Citation | B222055 | |
WCC Citation | WCC 37492011 CA |
Defendant Crystal Caldwell was found guilty of two felonies -- workers' compensation insurance fraud (Ins. BACKGROUND In June 2008, Caldwell was employed by Los Angeles Community College District as a secretary at Los Angeles Mission College. Mark Shoup conducted the surveillance and made a video recording of Caldwell on two Saturdays, July 19 and 26, 2008. =====FOOTNOTES===== *fn1 Zwick first learned that Caldwell had retained an attorney on June 24, 2008, 18 days after the injury. At the sentencing and probation hearing, Caldwell asked for a restitution hearing to determine exactly what was spent on medical treatment, in light of the People's concession that Caldwell did suffer an injury.
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