The Ventura County District Attorney’s Office reports that a Santa Paula man pleaded guilty to defrauding Pacific Compensation Insurance, his employer’s workers’ compensation carrier.

Jose Alvizo-Rodriguez (DOB 6/2/71) pled guilty to one count of violating Insurance Code section 1871.4(a), felony workers’ compensation insurance fraud.

Alvizo-Rodriguez was employed at Daley Landscaping in Ojai. On July 2, 2016, he reported an on-the-job injury to his employer.

He was sent to a doctor who placed him off work on temporary total disability (TTD). Daley Landscaping’s insurer, Pacific Compensation Insurance, was required to pay Alvizo-Rodriguez two-thirds of his salary while he was off work receiving medical treatment for his injury.

In August 2016, Alvizo-Rodriguez began working for Coastal Farm Labor Service in Oxnard.

He never told his new employer he was on TTD. In addition, he failed to report to Daley Landscaping and Pacific Compensation that he was back at work full time earning income.

Each TTD check he received contained a warning in both Spanish and English directing him to report any income, and that failure to do so could result in criminal prosecution.

Alvizo-Rodriguez will be sentenced on July 19, 2018, at 9:00 a.m., in courtroom 12 of the Ventura Superior Court, County of Ventura. He faces a maximum sentence of up to five years in jail and a fine of $150,000.

This case was the result of an investigation by the District Attorney’s Bureau of Investigation.