Court Upholds Order Compelling Fraudster's $13 Million Restitution

A California appellate court upheld a trial judge’s order compelling a business owner to pay $13,423,889 in restitution to the State Compensation Insurance Fund after he was convicted of carrying out one of largest insurance premium scams the state has ever seen. Case: People v. Petronella, No. G054524, 07/24/2019, unpublished. Facts and procedural history: Michael Petronella and his wife owned two roofing companies and a third construction-related business. In 2011, he was convicted of 33 counts of insurance premium fraud for supplying false information to the State Compensation ...