Tip leads investigators to Fresno trucking firm’s alleged $2.5 million payroll scheme
Relations who personal and function a California trucking firm are going through felony prices after investigators reported discovering hundreds of thousands of {dollars} price of underreported payroll.
On October 11, Karamjit Nijjar, 57, his spouse Rajinder Kaur Nijjar, 55, and their daughter Mandip Nijjar, 31, have been every charged with 4 felony counts associated to an alleged employees’ compensation insurance coverage fraud scheme, in line with the California Division of Insurance coverage (CDI).
Karamjit and Rajinder Nijjar personal and function Renteria Trucking. Their daughter Mandip Nijjar is an worker on the trucking firm.
An investigation started when authorities acquired a tip that an worker of a Fresno space trucking firm owned by Karamjit Nijjar was denied employees’ compensation advantages.
Throughout the course of that investigation, the Central Valley Staff’ Compensation Fraud Job Power recognized Renteria Trucking as one other trucking firm owned by Karamjit Nijjar.
Investigators found that whereas Renteria Trucking paid out greater than $5 million in worker payroll, they reported solely about $2,475,000 in worker payroll throughout their routine payroll audits.
The underreported payroll quantity of $2,577,035 resulted within the discount of employees’ compensation insurance coverage premiums paid, in line with CDI.
Karamjit Nijjar, Rajinder Kaur Nijjar, and Mandip Nijjar have pleaded not responsible to the fees and are scheduled to seem in courtroom on on November 15, 2022.
