Public Works Employee Charged on Eleven Counts of Felony Workers' Compensation Fraud

37 year-old Brian Phillips of Visalia was charged with 11 felony counts of Workers' Compensation Insurance Fraud. The case was jointly investigated by claims administrator Keenan & Associates in their Rancho Cordova Office, and Tulare County Deputy District Attorney Leland Sterling, who was also the prosecutor. The investigation revealed that Phillips was working for the Visalia Safe Company, owned by his in-laws, while receiving disability benefits from the City of Visalia.