The CHP said 22-year veteran Matthew Stover, 51, was arrested in Folsom on Thursday after a multi-year investigation. Stover is accused of filing a workers' compensation insurance claim in June 2023 and was placed off work by his physician, authorities said.

Matthew Stover, 50, was arrested after a warrant was issued by the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office stemming from an investigation conducted by the CHP’s workers’ compensation fraud investigations unit. The employee who worked for 22 years with the CHP was arrested without incident in Folsom, the CHP said.

A former CHP captain was arrested in Folsom on suspicion of workers' compensation insurance fraud, theft and falsifying documents sent to the DMV.