Correction Officer Pleads Guilty to Workers' Compensation Fraud

A correctional officer in Sacramento has pleaded guilty to making false statements in order to receive workers’ compensation benefits, according to the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office. Todd Phillips, a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation correctional officer, was sentenced in Sacramento County Superior Court to 60 days in county jail, after which he will serve three years probation. He was also ordered to pay $12,823.77 in restitution to the Department of Corrections. According to the D.A.’s office, Phillips injured his foot on the job in No...