Machado Blocking $4 Million For Work Comp Fraud Investigation

A Senate Budget Subcommittee has at least temporarily blocked a $4-million increase in funding for district attorneys to fight workers’ compensation fraud. A budget subcommittee chaired by Sen. Michael Machado, D-Linden, voted to deny the increase in funding for district attorneys fighting workers’ compensation fraud at a hearing May 21. The vote was taken by the Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 4 without any public testimony, though a number of prosecutors were at the hearing to talk in favor of the increase.The increase had already been approved by the Fraud Assessme...