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6/17 Protest To Stop Fraud By CA Insurance Commission Poizner's Fraud Assessment Commissio
by California Coalition For Workers Memorial Day
Friday Jun 13th, 2008 12:30 PM
Injured workers and their supporters will protest fraud by California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner's Fraud Assessment Commission on June 17 in Sacramento. Workers lives are under threat and a corporate government cover-up is threatening their health and safety.

Join The Picket/Press Conference and Speak-Out Against Fraud by CA Insurance Commissioner Poizner & His Fraud Assessment Commission
Tuesday June 17, 2008 9:30 AM
Fraud Division Headquarters
9342 Tech Center Drive, Suite 100
Sacramento, California 95826

Initiated by The
California Coalition For Workers Memorial Day
http://www.workersmemorialday.org


The California Fraud Assessment Commission which is supposed to do oversight of fraud in workers compensation has been covering up fraud by the insurance industry. Workers such as David Bell at Agraquest who was infected with fungus and bacteria at his biotech company has been forced to go on social security for his healthcare. The District Attorney of Yolo County Stroski knows about these crimes but has refused to prosecute and Poizner's "Fraud Assessement Commission" is aware of these criminal activities yet is engaged in a cover-up of fraud by Agraquest and their insurance carrier Liberty Mutual. Liberty Mutual is owned by Shwartzenegger's buddy and former kitchen cabinet head Warren Buffet. Buffet was involved in deregulating California's workers compensation laws so his and other insurance companies would not have to take care of injured workers and could forced them on to the public through SSI and other public agencies.
The chair of the Commission is William Zachry who is also a vice president of Safeway Inc for risk management or insurance. He has prevented injured Safeway workers such as Beverly Schenk from speaking out about fraud by Safeway Inc. for refusing to pay for work related injuries and instead forcing Beverly and others to go on SSI. This massive cost shifting scam is being covered up by Zachry and Insurance Commission Poizer
Also billionaire California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner personally met with injured worker Joseph Dow and was informed of insurance felony fraud by Lowe's Hardward store in Pacifica. Despite the fact that a Federal Judge and a state agency have said there was fraud by this company Poizner continues to do damage control for Lowe's Hardware and his agency said that they could find not fraud. Who are they working for?
Injured workers and their supporters will be picketing a speaking out against fraud by the California Fraud Commission on Tuesday June 17, 2008 at 9:30 AM at the Fraud Commission in Sacramento.
Help protest this criminal cover-up by the government, the politicians and the corporate crooks.
Initiated by
California Coalition For Workers Memorial Day
P.O. Box 720027
San Francisco, CA 94172
http://www.workersmemorialday.org
(415)867-0628


STATE OF CALIFORNIA
FRAUD ASSESSMENT COMMISSION

Public Meeting
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Location:
Fraud Division Headquarters
9342 Tech Center Drive, Suite 100
Sacramento, California 95826
(916) 854-5760

AGENDA

I. Fraud Assessment Commission
a. Opening Remarks – Bill Zachry, Chair
b. *Approval of Summary Meeting Minutes
c. “Workers’ Compensation Medical Payment Accuracy Study” – Paula
Douglass, Navigant Consulting Inc.
d. *Proposal for Underground Economy Study – Christine Baker, CHSWC
e. *FAC Website Proposed Enhancements – Darlyn Regan and Lilia Garcia
FAC Members
f. DIR/WCIRB Data Comparison – John Duncan, DIR
g. Workers’ Compensation Enforcement Collaborative – Dori Rose Inda

II. Fraud Division
a. Overview of the Distribution of Funding Process for Fiscal Year 08/09 –
Rick Plein, Bureau Chief
b. Report from FAC Review Panel Members
c. Insurance Commissioner’s Determination of Funding
d. *Advice and Consent of Fraud Assessment Commission

III. District Attorneys’ Report – Gary Fagan, CDAA Co-Chair

IV. Public Comments – Chuck Center, FAC Member

Please Note:
• *May result in action items for FAC consideration and/or vote.
• Public comments are limited to three minutes and must relate to agenda items.
• Topics are subject to FAC review and approval, and a Public Comment form shall be filled out by
each individual requesting to make a public comment.
• The agenda may be adjusted, if necessary, depending upon the time needed for discussion of each
item.
• Any use of equipment (camera, recorder, videos) must remain in designated area. If such
equipment will be used, arrive 30 minutes prior to the meeting to prepare and test equipment.

Note: The Fraud Assessment Commission was established pursuant to SB 1218, Chapter 116, Statutes of 1991 which
added Section 1872.83 of the California Insurance Code related to funding for investigation and prosecution of
workers’ compensation insurance fraud.
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Why Hasn’t Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Ever Prosecuted a Workers Compensation InsRay Polly-repostFriday Jun 13th, 2008 10:26 PM