Second complaint filed against Hazel Ortega, vocational counselor, in Los Angeles Downtown Criminal Court. The Hanover Insurance Company joins the club of alleged insurance company victims.
According to the second Complaint filed by the Los Angeles District Attorney against Hazel Ortega on July 24th 2024, an SIU Investigator, Tammy Noyes-Renkawitz of The Hanover Insurance Company, had received a “file alert”. Hazel Ortega is a vocational counselor of Ortega Counseling Center (OCC). She counseled and served injured workers who were not able... Read More
Matthew Rifat could lose Bar card. California Bar now wants to retry the Riverside case.
As it turns out now, not as he predicted and understood from the prosecutor when he made his plea deal back in the Spring, Matthew Rifat could lose his California Bar license. Rifat worked for Dr. Munir Uwaydah for Blue Oak Medical Group predominantly in the Inland Empire and adjacent areas in Southern California. Back... Read More
Jenny Villegas, Laura Wilson, and Hazel Ortega, are vocational counselors arraigned yesterday with Guillermo Frias and Yesid Colon of Caledonian School. Case being handled by Los Angeles District Attorney.
Three vocational counselors were arraigned yesterday, August 19th 2024, in downtown Los Angeles criminal court at Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center, 210 W. Temple Street. Those vocational counselors were: Jenny Villegas (Friends for Injured Workers CEO), Laura Wilson (CEO of Laura Wilson and Associates), and Hazel Ortega, (CEO of Ortega Counseling Center). A fourth... Read More
Hazel Ortega’s arraignment continued to Monday, August 19th 2024. Frias, Colon, Garibay, Wilson, Villegas, and Ortega allegedly paid or received a piece of injured workers’ retraining money vouchers in kick-backs
It was first reported by this writer based on information obtained from an SIU investigator, that this case was first filed in or around January of 2024. It was supposedly given little attention at that time. Now, a case information summary obtained today states it was filed on May 8, 2024. So, that adjustercom article... Read More
Owners of Farm Labor Contracting Companies, Ruben Perez Mireles and John Mena, Charged with Underreporting Nearly 30 Million Dollars in Payroll in Kings County
Ruben Perez Mireles (49 years) of Clovis, California, and his business associate, John Mena (29 years) of Lemoore, California, were arraigned on June 10th 2024 on multiple felony counts including insurance fraud, grand theft, and tax fraud after a task force investigation led by the California Department of Insurance found they allegedly underreported over $29.2... Read More
Four vocational counselors and two administrators of a vocational school have been charged with claims fraud for kick-backs on the $6,000 vouchers for workers’ compensation claimants in need of retraining.
This case was filed on May 8, 2024, and was given little attention as described to me by an SIU investigator. The first charges against each of the six defendants were for Penal Code section 550 (a)(1). Three different charges in all were charged: PC 550 (a) (1), Labor Code section 3215, and Insurance... Read More
Edgardo and Edgar Cabrales, Owners of Commercial Cleaning Businesses in San Jose, Will Each Be Sentenced to 10 Years Probation for Four Million Dollar Workers’ Compensation Scam
A father and son will face serious criminal sentences for committing felony workers’ compensation fraud. The two business owners, Edgardo Cabrales Sr. and Edgar Cabrales Jr., 62 and 37 years old, respectively, will be sentenced this week to probation for 10 years for their $4,000,000 scheme through their commercial cleaning businesses. Both men have completed... Read More
Stars Bay Area Therapy Group owner, Mark Anthony Ramos, pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation premium fraud early this year. He will be sentenced in August 2024 to three years in prison if he doesn’t pay his full restitution.
Mark Anthony Ramos provides pediatric therapy in the San Francisco Bay Area. Now, for his workers’ compensation fraud, he will get three years in prison. The Santa Clara District Attorney’s office made this announcement yesterday. Ramos’ sentence will be suspended and reduced to six months in county jail upon paying his restitution. According to the... Read More
