Contractor Serving Time for Meth Gets 6 Years for Fraud

A Southern California farm labor contractor already in federal prison for drug charges was ordered to serve six years in prison and pay restitution of $4.2 million for defrauding two insurance companies by underreporting payroll and for unemployment insurance tax evasion.Richard Lopez Escamilla, 47, of Fresno, was sentenced in Kings County Superior Court on Dec. 4 for felony insurance fraud against SeaBright Insurance Co. and the State Compensation Insurance Fund, according to the California Department of Insurance.Nancy Kincaid, a spokeswoman for the Insurance Department, said Escamilla betwe...