The manager of Gabilan Pizza in Soledad was sentenced to jail and felony probation for charges related to workers compensation fraud, according to the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office.

In 2014, the DA’s Worker’s Compensation Fraud Unit and California Department of Insurance conducted an insured employer compliance sweet in Monterey County.

Based on information that Gabilan Pizza didn’t have workers’ compensation insurance for employees, investigators contacted Gabilan Pizza Manager Osama Zawideh, 52, who indicated that he had the mandated insurance in his name despite the restaurant being in his niece’s name and her having nothing to do with the business.

He pleaded to two counts of making a material misrepresentation in order to obtain a lower workers’ compensation insurance premium and one county of willfully failing to file payroll taxes with intent to evade tax.

Zawideh was placed on felony probation for five years and also ordered to pay $4,819.06 in victim restitution to be paid to State Farm Insurance. He also must serve 120 days in county jail and pay more than $10,000 in fines.

The case was investigated by Monterey County District Attorney Investigator George Costa.