SACRAMENTO COUNTY, Calif. — A Sacramento business owner was recently ordered to pay $687,560 back to insurance companies after he was convicted of defrauding them through workers' compensation insurance.
According to the Sacramento County District Attorney's Office, Jorge Maldonado owned Pro-Care Building Maintenance when the California Department of Insurance received a suspected fraud referral.
Investigations showed between 2015 and 2017, Maldonado significantly underreported the number of employees working for him to three insurance carriers.
The underreporting cost insurance companies $687,560 in workers' compensation insurance premiums.
Maldonado was first convicted of felony workers' compensation insurance fraud in 2023.