California Cleaning Company Owner Charged in $700K Workers’ Comp Scheme December 28, 2020 Jorge Gerardo Maldonado, 55, of Sacramento, Calif., was charged with three felony counts of insurance fraud after allegedly underreporting payroll and employees to illegally save on workers’ compensation insurance premiums, resulting in a $687,560 loss to three insurance carriers. After one of the victim insurance companies suspected Maldonado of fraud, the California Department of Insurance launched an investigation into his Sacramento cleaning company Pro-Care Building Maintenance and reportedly found that Maldonado underreported payroll and committed premium fraud. Maldonado has owned Pro-Care since 2014. On July 10, 2016, a Pro-Care employee was injured while on the job and a workers’ comp claim was filed with one of the company’s insurance carriers. During a review of the claim, it was reportedly found that Pro-Care underreported payroll and failed to report the end of policy payroll to the insurance company as the policy required.