Commercial Plumbing Contractor Ordered to Pay More Than $1 Million in Restitution for Workers’ Compensation Fraud

an Diego – San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan announced today that plumbing contractor Daniela G. Birdwell has been ordered to pay $1,030,062 in restitution to the State Compensation Insurance Fund as part of a workers’ compensation fraud prosecution. Birdwell, the 41-year-old owner of GPS Plumbing, pleaded guilty to one count of Insurance Code Section 11880(a) – workers’ compensation insurance premium fraud. Judge Dwayne Moring also imposed a sentence of two years of formal felony probation, 320 hours of community service, and ordered Birdwell to pay $10,000 per month towards restitution.

Read the full press release. San Diego County District Attorney, April 2, 2025