Roseville Bel Air managers arraigned on fraud charges

Two managers of a Roseville Bel Air supermarket were arraigned this week on felony charges of workers' compensation fraud, the California Department of Insurance said Tuesday.Store director Nichole Leddy, 45, of Orangevale, and assistant store director Amy Looper, 37, of Roseville, both employees of the market at 4008 Foothills Blvd., were arraigned Aug. 14 in Placer County Superior Court for multiple felony counts of workers' compensation insurance fraud.Leddy and Looper allegedly discouraged injured employees at Bel Air supermarket from filing workers' compensation claims, and instead instructed them to seek treatment through individual health insurance policies, according to the CDI.An investigation by the department revealed Leddy and Looper allegedly discouraged multiple employees from filing claims in order to keep the store record injury-free and earn special store incentives, including barbecues and bonuses for management, according to a CDI statement.According to the CDI, the investigation also found an injured employee was allegedly given cash from the store fund to cover co-payments for private health insurance coverage. Another employee was allegedly instructed to inform her private doctor that an on-duty work injury had occurred at home, the CDI said.The CDI Fraud Division launched the investigation after receiving an anonymous tip in March 2007.