Criminal
Mar. 22, 2019
Defendant-attorney in fraud trial blames office manager
Lawyer Jon M. Woods testified in his own defense Thursday in an unusual worker’s comp fraud trial.
Judge Patrick Donahue is presiding over the trial of a lawyer accused of workers compensation fraud.
SANTA ANA -- A lawyer facing 37 felonies for an alleged worker's compensation fraud told jurors Thursday he didn't know until months after his arrest that two people whom he thought were his employees were instead paid by a copy service linked to an illegal marketing scheme.
Jon M. Woods said he blamed his office manager, Emma Szuksztul, for the copy service partnership, which he said he learned of when he saw the prosecution's evid...
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