Claimant Agrees to Pay $33K in Restitution, Pleads No Contest to Fraud Charge

A medical assistant at a clinic in Southern California agreed to pay nearly $33,000 in restitution and plead no contest to a felony count of making a false statement to receive benefits, workers’ compensation defense firm Gilson Daub announced. Evelyn Tolentino said she was injured in August 2015 when she fell from a ladder while pulling charts at the medical clinic where she worked in Granada Hills. She said she injured her left knee, left hip and left ankle in the fall. Gilson Daub said Tolentino pursued authorization for a spinal cord stimulator, but once it was authorized she ...