Jiu Jitsu Competitor Charged with Workers' Comp Fraud

A garbage collector for the city of Fresno has been charged with five counts of insurance fraud after investigators learned he had participated in a jiu jitsu competition two days before he filed a workers' compensation claim. The Fresno County District Attorney's Office filed the charges against 40-year-old Joseph Paul Fabits III of Clovis on April 14. Prosecutors say he knowingly made false statements during depositions in an effort to obtain compensation he was not entitled to. According to the Law Offices of Jane Woodcock, who represents the city, Fabits participated in a jiu jitsu...