Fake Comp Certificate Charges Lead to Guilty Pleas

Two people pleaded guilty to multiple felony counts of insurance fraud and forgery in what the California Department of Insurance called a $54 million work comp fraud scheme. Wesley Owens, 54, and Beau Wilson, 38, will be sentenced to 10 years of probation and ordered to perform 60 days of community service, the department said. They will also be fined $350,000 each. In addition, both agreed to pay $14.15 million in restitution while on probation. Owens was owner and chief executive of Bison Workforce Solutions, a professional employer organization based outside of Atlanta. The department s...