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A former Westminster police officer has been charged with 15 felonies for stealing more than $600,000 in fraudulent workers’ compensation payments after she was caught dancing and drinking at the Stagecoach country music festival, skiing, running 5k races, and going to Disneyland all while claiming to be completely disabled due to a head injury she said she suffered while handcuffing a suspect, according to the OCDA.
The former officer’s stepfather, a licensed attorney who practices workers’ compensation defense on behalf of insurance companies, has also been charged with two felonies for conspiring with his stepdaughter to orchestrate the fraudulent workers’ compensation scheme…