An Orange County judge sentenced a roofing contractor to a year in city jail for failing to provide workers’ compensation insurance for an employee who injured himself in a fall from a roof.
Michael Amzie Holley of Murrieta, who pleaded guilty to 16 felony counts related to perjury, filing false documents, and making false statements, faced a maximum three years in state prison, prosecutors said.
Superior Court Judge Patrick Donahue ordered him to serve one year in a city jail and 10 years formal probation, with restitution to be paid even as he serves jail time.
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Serving the time at a city jail, yet to be determined, will allow Holley to work during the day and continue making payments, which is why the judge said he was letting him serve time there.
Holley has paid back $120,000 of the $510,883 to be paid to the California State Compensation Insurance Fund and the Employment Development Department.
Sending him to jail will allow him keep his job at a construction company during the day to continue making restitution payments, which are to be sent through the Orange County District Attorney’s Office.
According to prosecutors, Holley purchased the minimum workers’ compensation policy for his company, So Cal Roofing, and reported that he had no employees. He paid his workers in cash and submitted inaccurate payroll reports to hide their employment, they said.
On March 18, 2003, one of his employees fell from a roof and filed a workers’ compensation claim.
