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
Barry Zalma, Esq., CFE
Settlement Unenforceable Because Insurer Lied to Plaintiff. Plaintiff entited to know all insurance available to Defendants.
Pedro Fundora filed suit against Robert Dangond and Maria Guevara after sustaining injuries when Dangond struck Fundora with a vehicle owned by Guevara. On appeal, Fundora argued that the trial court erred by granting Robert Dangond and Maria Guevara’s Motion to Enforce a Settlement Agreement. In Pedro Fundora , etc. v. Roberto Dangond, No. 3D22-1749,... Read More
How applicants’ attorney Dennis Fusi and six others walked out of Orange County criminal court dismissed and without punishment. It was six pleading documents and five demurrers later.
Dennis Fusi will be used here as the example defendant whose case ran in parallel with a number of others. His legal course of action was quite similar to all who followed this same pattern of demurrers chasing after the prosecution’s refilings. Dennis Fusi is an applicants’ attorney for workers’ compensation claims. The defense demurrer... Read More
$50.5 million in grants awarded from the California Department of Insurance to 34 District Attorneys’ Offices to fight workers’ comp fraud for fiscal year 2023-2024
$50.5 million in grants has been awarded from the California Department of Insurance to 34 district attorneys’ offices to fight workers’ compensation fraud across the state for this fiscal year 2023 to 2024. As most know well, these funds come from the assessment charges on employers’ workers’ compensation policies, or else their self-insured plans. The... Read More
Marilyn Flynn, ex-USC dean embroiled in corruption with L.A. county supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, gets three years’ probation.
Marilyn Flynn, the former dean of the school of social work at USC, was sentenced to three years of probation and 18 months of home arrest today. Her sentencing hearing was in downtown LA at the criminal court house, Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center. She was also ordered to pay $150,000. One of her... Read More
Applicants’ attorney Jon Woods from jail: “Insurance companies commit fraud.”
In the minute Jon showed up and sat down behind the glass, I told him I merely stopped by to see how he was doing. How he was holding up. How he was coping being in jail. He’s been in jail since August 1, 2022, the day he was found guilty of 37 counts of... Read More
Barry Zalma, Esq., CFE
Interinsurance Exchange’s $7,870,557.89 Judgment Against Fraudster Stands
Proactive Insurer Has to Fight to Renew Judgment Against Convicted Fraudster—Now insurer may collect on default judgement. In People Of The State Of California, ex rel. Interinsurance Exchange Of The Automobile Club Of Southern California v. Alex Semyon Mirsky, B297321, California Court of Appeals, Second District, Seventh Division (September 21, 2021) Alex Semyon Mirsky appealed... Read More
