Alright dear readers – congratulations! You made it to the end of the week. Of course, if you’re sheltering in place, every day is kind of the weekend, isn’t it? For those of us working from home, I suppose the weekdays and weekends all meld into one, but let me tell you – the grocery store shelves are bare and clearing your throat in public triggers death by a thousand stares from everyone around you, so perhaps it’s best to stay inside.
In any case, I know your media streams continue to be wall to wall Corona Virus, so let your humble blogger continue his mantra of gentle distraction with a non-Corona blog post.
If you were to splice the DNA of Fred and Rod, what would you get? Fraud! And that’s what we’re posting about today.
A former Foster Farms employee was charged with workers’ compensation fraud and pled no contest.
Get it? Chicken? Because he worked at Foster Farms and Foster Farms raises chickens… Tip your waitress folks, and try the veal!
Convict Gurmail Singh apparently attempted this experiment himself as he has now pled no contest for “unlawfully and knowingly [making] a false and fraudulent material statement in support of obtaining workers’ compensation insurance benefits.”
The described mechanism of the fraud, as alleged, was “Singh presented false statements and material misrepresentations during his deposition and at a medical appointment. Singh misrepresented facts as it related to his physical abilities and limitations associated with his injury and prior medical history.”
This all stems from a workers’ compensation claimed injury from November of 2014 against his employer at the time, Foster Farms. He was ordered to pay $3,200 in restitution to Foster Farms for investigation costs and will be on probation for 3 years. The Turlock Journal did not disclose if he would also have to reimburse to Foster Farms the benefits paid.
A review of EAMS shows the case was resolved by way of C&R in September of 2018.
So there you go, dear readers – some relatively good news? A successful fraud conviction and a closed file to boot!
Keep the faith, dear readers, and keep those hands clean!