Roofing Co. Owner Pleads No Contest to Premium Fraud

A roofing company owner pleaded no contest to charges of fraud for claiming he had no employees so he could avoid work comp coverage payments, according to KION News. Hector Hernandez, owner of Hernandez Roofing, King City, was charged with three felony counts of insurance fraud. He was also charged with paying his workers in cash in order to skirt state payroll tax. Hernandez handled about 96 roofing jobs between 2016 and 2019, and investigators found he had at least three employees in the that time, according to the report. In all, Hernandez avoided near...