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PEO BISON WORKFORCE IS GORED
On March 2, 2023 in LA Superior Court, Bison Workforce Solutions owner Wesley Owens and his sales associate Beau Wilson pleaded "no contest" to multiple felony counts of insurance fraud. The scam by the Georgia-based Bison was to agree in handling workers' compensation insurance related services for PEO customers, pocket the money intended to purchase workers' compensation insurance, and then issue fake Certificates of Liability Insurance to fool their clients who though insurance had been obtained.
In California, the WCAB Boards have been packed with cases involving Bison's scam against PEOs like BaronHR and others. As a result, injured workers spent years fighting to receive benefits, and unsuspecting special employers and their carriers found themselves liable for providing benefits under the general-special employer liability doctrine.
Owens and Wilson must each pay $350,000 before final sentencing on 9/13/2023, where it's expected they will receive 10 years of formal probation and ordered to pay $14.15 million in restitution.
[COMMENT: Another example of why "Certificates of Liability Insurance" should not be accepted on their face, with a demand made for a copy of the policy w/endorsement and proof of coverage w/WCIRB.]
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