A former California Highway Patrol officer on Wednesday was convicted and sentenced to 270 days in county jail and ordered to repay more than $360,000 after pleading guilty to workers’ compensation fraud.
Jordan Lester, 46, appeared Wednesday in Sacramento Superior Court and pleaded guilty to felony insurance fraud, the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office announced in a news release.
As part of his sentence, Lester was sentenced to two years of probation and must pay $232,829 in restitution to CHP and $127,791 to the State Compensation Insurance Fund, prosecutors said. He will also lose his pension and service credit for the years the fraud occurred…