Multi-Million Dollar Employer Fraud Cases Net 4 Convictions

Three Southern California business owners and an accountant were sentenced this week for roles in workers' compensation fraud schemes that cost insurers roughly $9 million in premiums, the California Department of Insurance announced Wednesday. On Tuesday, the co-owner of an Irvine janitorial company pleaded guilty after reaching an agreement with prosecutors that will require him to spend eight years in state prison and pay $5.3 million in restitution. Hyok Kwon and his wife, Woo, were charged with running a premium fraud and tax-evasion scheme for nearly a decade, the San...