Contractor Ordered to Pay More Than $1M in Restitution for Comp Fraud

The San Diego County District Attorney's Office announced that a commercial plumbing contractor has been ordered to pay more than $1 million in restitution for insurance premium fraud. Daniela G. Birdwell, the 41-year-old owner of Spring Valley-based GPS Plumbing, will pay State Compensation Insurance Fund $1,030,062 for premium fraud and serve two years of formal felony probation and 320 hours of community service. GPS was ordered to pay $10,000 per month toward restitution. SCIF provided coverage to GPS from June 2016 to May 2021. State Fund noticed a large discrepa...