Fraud Commission Announces Increase in Funding

California's Fraud Assessment Commission announced that it will give prosecutors throughout the state grants totaling $34.95 million for the 2015-2016 fiscal year, about 10% more than the $31.8 million the commission awarded last year. About $21.8 million, nearly two-thirds of the grant money the commission awarded to prosecute workers' compensation insurance fraud, is going to 10 Southern California counties. The five counties that make up the area the Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau designates the Los Angeles Basin – L.A., Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino an...