54 current, former CHP officers charged with overtime fraud at East L.A. station
17 February 2022
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17 February 2022
California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta on Thursday announced theft and fraud charges against 54 former and current California Highway Patrol officers in connection with an alleged multiyear overtime fraud scheme at the East L.A. station. The charges come three years after the CHP relieved of duty dozens of officers working in the East L.A. station after investigators gathered evidence that they exaggerated the number of hours they worked on protection details for Caltrans workers doing freeway repairs. So many officers were removed that the agency had to restaff much of the station. Bonta said the officers face a combined 302 ...
54 current, former CHP officers charged with overtime fraud at East L.A. station
Fifty-four current or former CHP officers are charged with overtime fraud in an alleged scheme to falsify hours. Instead of working eight hours protecting Caltrans workers, they might work four but still charge the entire shift.
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