CHP, SCIF Entitled to Restitution for Investigative Costs

An appellate court rejected the argument that State Compensation Insurance Fund and the California Highway Patrol weren’t entitled to restitution of more than $70,000 for investigative costs from a former state trooper convicted of fraud. “We conclude that as direct victims of defendant’s fraud, both CHP and SCIF are entitled to restitution for investigative costs incurred in an effort to justify discontinuance of payments and recoup money defendant fraudulently obtained," the Court of Appeal for the 3rd District of California held in a decision published Monday. Danie...