By Melissa Pinion-Whitt
Posted: 09/29/2011 08:06:46 AM PDT
The owner of San Bernardino-based Wilson Towing, who is also a former Los Angeles police detective, pleaded no contest Tuesday to two counts of workers compensation fraud.
John Vach Jr., a 15-year veteran with the Los Angeles Police Department, was ordered to pay $105,000 in restitution to Los Angeles and given three years probation, police said.
Under his plea bargain, the Burbank man agreed to resign from the Police Department.
Investigators said Vach operated two private businesses while off work on a disability claim for stress related to his job at Los Angeles Police Department. He also sought a lifetime disability pension.
A warrant was issued for his arrest in October 2010.
Vach was initially charged with seven felony counts of workers compensation fraud, perjury and attempted grand theft.