Panel Upholds $13.4M Restitution Order For Workers’ Compensation Premium Fraud

(July 31, 2019, 3:15 PM EDT) -- SANTA ANA, Calif. — A California appeals panel on July 23 affirmed a trial court judge’s ruling ordering a man convicted on 33 counts of insurance premium fraud to pay $13.4 million in restitution, finding that the judge properly calculated the amount based on information presented by the defendant’s expert (People v. Michael Vincent Petronella, No. G054524, Calif. App., 4th Dist., 3rd Div., 2019 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 4916)....