A Murrieta roofing contractor pled guilty in the Orange County Superior Court to 16 felony counts involving perjury, filing false documents and making false statements in connection with workers’ compensation fraud. 

According to prosecutors, the defendant failed to provide adequate workers’ compensation  insurance for his employees and denied that one employee, who fell from a roof, worked for him which resulted in denial of benefits to that injured worker.

While the charges carried a possible maximum sentence of over 21 years in state prison, as a part of the plea bargain, the defendant is expected to receive three years.