A federal investigation and subsequent charges marked an abrupt fall for Israel Claustro, an experienced trial attorney in ...

Israel Claustro, who has resigned from his judicial position, will return to court later Monday for an expected guilty plea.

Orange County Superior Court Judge Israel Claustro was charged in federal court Wednesday with workers’ compensation fraud ...

What’s in the plea deal? The deal requires Claustro to resign as a judge and plead guilty to one count of mail fraud. He ...

Fraud involving the workers' compensation insurance program is one of the fastest-growing crimes in San Diego County. This type of crime can occur in two ways when an employer does not provide the ...

Bob Kiehn is hired by insurance companies to track down shameless con artists. — -- Workers’ compensation programs are meant to help those who are severely disabled, but some attempt to game the ...

OC Superior Court Judge Israel Claustro helped defraud a worker’s compensation program, according to a signed plea agreement ...

A Sacramento County construction worker who last year pleaded no contest to a charge of workers’ compensation fraud has been ordered to pay back more than $100,000 in the form of restitution, ...

A Lindenhurst woman repaid almost $110,000 she fraudulently collected by depositing her dead husband’s worker’s compensation checks and will serve probation but no jail time, the state inspector ...