04/11/21
WorkersCompensation.com
Ventura, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) - District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that James Wood (DOB 04/11/72), of Simi Valley, pled guilty to two felony counts of workers compensation insurance fraud. At the time of his guilty pleas, Wood paid full restitution to the victim insurance carrier State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF) in the amount of $151,891.
Wood, a contractor, admitted to misrepresenting his total payroll and number of employees between 2015 and 2017, to fraudulently obtain lower workers compensation insurance premiums, defrauding SCIF of $151,891.
The Ventura County District Attorney s Workers Compensation Fraud Unit vigorously investigates and prosecutes insurance fraud in Ventura County. Workers compensation premium fraud is not a victimless crime, it results in inflated costs to insurance carriers that are passed along to other law-abiding employers and, ultimately, to consumers. Perpetrators of premium fraud a
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The suspect in a fatal Oxnard stabbing last October pleaded guilty to the charges on Wednesday, according to the Ventura County District Attorney s Office.
Cody Washington, 44, of Oxnard, entered a guilty plea to one count of voluntary manslaughter, as well as admitted he personally used a knife during the commission of the crime.
The stabbing occurred around 10:37 a.m. on Oct. 24, 2020, at a shopping center in the 3700 block of Saviers Road.
Officers arrived on scene to find the victim, identified as Corey Smith, 25, of Oxnard, lying on the ground unresponsive with a stab wound in his chest. He was transported to Ventura County Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.