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- A jury convicted Rona Christina Means in a workers’ compensation fraud case.
- Prosecutors said bus security video did not show the 2018 attack Means claimed.
- Means will be sentenced on Oct. 23 and faces possible restitution of about $45,500.
A woman who worked as a Sacramento Regional Transit bus driver was convicted in a workers’ compensation fraud case for claiming she was repeatedly punched by a passenger in an attack that never happened, prosecutors said.
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The jury on Sept. 14 found Rona Christina Means, 57, guilty on a felony charge of presenting a false or fraudulent insurance claim, the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday in a news release.
Means also was found guilty on misdemeanor charges of presenting false or misleading information in support of an insurance claim and making a knowingly false or fraudulent statement to obtain workers’ compensation benefits.
Prosecutors said Means was working as an RT bus driver when she claimed she was assaulted and repeatedly punched by a passenger on July 25, 2018. She later sought workers’ compensation benefits for her injuries.
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The California Department of Insurance investigated the case, which included questioning Means, other RT employees, doctors and the insurance company. Prosecutors said the bus had security camera video “from multiple angles that did not support Means’ claim that she was repeatedly punched or otherwise attacked.”
Means is scheduled to return Oct. 23 for her sentencing hearing in Sacramento Superior Court. Prosecutors said Means faces maximum sentence of five years in prison or two years in the county jail, along with a court order to pay about $45,500 in restitution.
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