A former San Francisco Unified School District employee was arrested on suspicion of fraudulently distributing public money, according to the California Department of Insurance.
The woman allegedly issued $85,000 of public money to an injured school district employee in permanent disability advances, knowing she was overpaying the injured worker by more than $76,000, the insurance department said. The injured worker was found to be entitled only to $9,320 in permanent disability advances.
Insurance investigators started their investigation into the case when Tristar Risk Management, a third-party administrator of workers’ compensation claims hired to administer claims, suspected fraud.
The injured worker told Tristar that she loaned half the permanent disability payments to the district employee and said she didn’t know her claim wasn’t worth $85,000 according to the insurance department. (workersxzcompxzkit)
The worker said she made several attempts to contact her “friend” to get her to repay the loan without success. The money was never paid back to the injured worker.
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