Brookdale Lodge owner Sanjiv Kakkar, 52, was sentenced to 364 days in jail and three years of probation after pleading no contest for two felony counts including insurance premium fraud and failing to maintain workers’ compensation insurance.
Kakkar paid restitution of over $52,000 toward unpaid insurance premiums.
“Detectives from my department along with investigators and the prosecutors from the Santa Cruz District Attorney’s Office worked together to bring Kakkar to justice,” said California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones in announcing the conviction.
In a joint effort that lasted four years with the Santa Cruz County District Attorney’s Office and multiple agencies, the California Department of Insurance discovered unreported employee payroll totaling an insurance premium loss of more than $52,000 as well as underreported workers’ compensation policy premiums.
The investigation began with a complaint from an employee reporting his medical bills associated with work related injuries were unpaid.
According to the Santa Cruz County District Attorney’s Office, an investigation by the Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District uncovered multiple health and safety code violations for air-borne asbestos resulting in an additional $10,000 fine.
Topics California Fraud
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