Insurance Fraud Scheme Nets Two In LA
Insurance Fraud Scheme Nets Two In LA
The California State Department of Insurance claims that the pair misrepresented the number of workers employed by a janitorial company they owned, Bell Building Maintenance in order to reduce the amount of workers' compensation insurance premiums paid to the state.
The state alleges that Kim and Yang claimed that they were the company's only employees, however the business employed hundreds of workers throughout Los Angeles County, Orange County, Riverside County, San Bernardino County and Ventura County. The misstatements resulted in the underpayment of insurance premiums to the state of $4.4 million from 1998 to 2006. In addition, Chan Yang is accused of underreporting workers' wages and wage payments, which resulted in an underpayment of nearly $1.9 million for payroll, unemployment insurance, and state disability insurance taxes.
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