School security guard must pay restitution for workers’ comp. fraud

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A former school security guard must pay back his former employer after pleading guilty to two counts of workers’ compensation insurance fraud in California.

Randolph Olson, who was employed by the San Leandro Unified School District, collected $8,726.09 in workers’ compensation medical benefits he was not entitled to from April 30, 2009 to May 18, 2009, according to Keenan & Associates, the workers’ compensation claims administrator for the district. The firm, which investigated the case, submitted their findings to the California Department of Insurance and the local district attorney for further investigation.

The investigation found that Olson filed a fraudulent workers’ compensation claim and a false police report alleging multiple injuries and stating he was hit in the student parking lot by a student driving a car. There were no witnesses to the injury. However, the parking lot was monitored by a surveillance camera, and the surveillance tape from the school’s camera did not show him being hit by a car.

Olson previously entered a plea of not guilty and then entered a different plea of guilty or no contest of insurance fraud.

Following the guilty pleas, Olson was sentenced to five years of probation and ordered to make restitution through Keenan to the Alameda County Schools’ Insurance Group for $8,726.09. Olson was also required to pay $1,000 to the Workers’ Compensation Fraud Assessment Commission and an additional $178 in criminal and civil fines. Olson will also serve 30 days in county jail, according to Keenan & Associates.

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