The insurance department started investigating the business after receiving reports it paid an employee in a combination of check and cash, with the cash portion going unreported to the company’s workers’ comp carrier. Credit: dblightA husband-and-wife team that operates a California construction company is facing multiple felony counts for insurance fraud and conspiracy for allegedly underreporting payroll by more than $4 million during a three-year period, in turn shortchanging their workers’ comp carriers, according to the California Department of Insurance (CDI).
Brian and Leslie Hill, owners of Brian Hill Construction, Inc., are also accused of failing to file a workers’ comp claim, as required by law, after an employee was injured. The company paid the medical facility directly for “minimal medical treatment,” circumventing the workers’ comp process and eliminating benefits the injured worker may have been entitled to, according to CDI.
