A second or subsequent conviction is punishable by incarceration in state prison.MacKenzie is right - once the linchpin is secured it's time to go after the people who have fed off the destruction of innocent workers' lives.Last month I was critical of the California Fraud Commission and the money they hand out - money that is collected from employers as an assessment on policy premiums.At the California Fraud Assessment Commission meeting last month Jiles Smith told attendees that… [read post]

And it simply encourages district attorneys to take on the easy cases for easy convictions to get easy money on an annual basis.Commissioner Jiles Smith at the Fraud Commission meeting last Wednesday called for a three-year strategic plan to increase the effectiveness of fraud investigations.We don't need three years nor do we need more effective fraud investigations.District attorneys rely on the collection of evidence by system participants, namely workers' compensation insurance… [read post]