A visit to the Department of Motor Vehicles can lead to stress, but for one employee, it led to arrest.
West Covina resident Mia Rachel Brown, 26, was arrested in September by the California Department of Insurance (CDI), Fraud Division Detectives and Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) Internal Affairs Investigators on three felony counts including insurance fraud, violating the Insurance Code and the Penal Code, and Attempted Perjury.
The charges stem from a workers' compensation claim filed by Brown with her former employer, Dean Foods.
She was taken into custody at the Compton Office of the DMV and transported to the Los Angeles County Jail and booked. She is being held in custody on $90,000 bail.
The investigation revealed that on Oct. 15, 2009, while employed at Dean Foods, Brown slipped on a wet floor in the dairy and injured her left knee and left hand. She reportedly suffered an additional fall on Nov. 16, 2009. In May 2010, Brown started employment with the DMV.
At her sworn deposition Brown denied working and indicated that she had not worked since Nov. 16, 2009. She also told two physicians that she had not worked since 2009.
Brown collected workers' compensation disability checks from Liberty Mutual Insurance Company from October 2010 through June 2011, while employed at the Compton DMV Office. The loss due to Brown's fraudulent activities is $14,831.
If convicted on all counts, Brown faces a maximum of seven years in state prison.
The case is being prosecuted by the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office.
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