Dozens of current and former Highway Patrol officers have been charged with racking up more than $226,000 in phony hours in an overtime fraud scheme, California’s attorney general said.
Highlights
- The California Highway Patrol has been accused of overcharging more than $200,000.
- The officers are accused of using illegal funds to pay for their overtime.
- The funds were used to pay off large amounts of overtime, officials said in the past.
- The charges were filed this week against the officers in the Los Angeles City of Los Angeles, California, and the state of Washington, D.C.
- The state’s Department of Public Service said it is investigating how the money was spent on the officers over the years to pay back the money.
- The department said it did not report the illegal payouts to the state that were made to the public.