SACRAMENTO (AP) - State auditors Thursday slammed California's efforts to fight workers' compensation fraud, saying officials don't know the extent of the problem and don't have a real plan to deal with it. "The fraud commission and the insurance commissioner have not taken adequate steps to measure fraud in the system, develop a strategy to reduce it or ensure that the fraud assessment funds are distributed to most effectively investigate and prosecute workers' compensation fraud," chief state auditor Elaine Howle said in a report to the governor and legislative leaders. Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi praised the thoroughness of the audit...
