DA Launches Bus Campaign Targeting Work Comp Fraud

Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman launched an advertising campaign on county buses to warn the public that lying or misrepresenting facts to obtain workers’ compensation benefits is a felony. “Knowingly making a false statement to collect workers’ compensation benefits is textbook fraud, and we are filing charges against anyone who engages in it — employees, medical providers, attorneys or any other participants in the schemes,” Hochman said in a statement. “If you choose to falsify a claim, exaggerate an injury or create false med...