Judiciary Committee Passes Amended Fraud Bill

The Judiciary Committee of the Colorado Senate passed a bill that would criminalize workers' compensation fraud after the author amended the measure to downgrade employer fraud from a felony to a misdemeanor.Employees who file false claims and producers who create false certificates of insurance or misappropriate premium funds would still be guilty of a Class 5 felony under the amended version of Senate Bill 92 that the Judiciary Committee unanimously passed on Monday.Existing law in Colorado does not recognize insurance fraud itself as a crime, forcing prosecutors to rely on theft and for...