Jonah Slatky of Somis charged with six felony counts of worker’s compensation insurance fraud

VENTURA COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) – Jonah Slatky, the owner of a framing and rough carpentry company in Somis, was charged with six felony counts of worker's compensation insurance fraud with an alleged loss of $519,000 in state revenue.

Slatky was arraigned on March 27, 2026, where he pled not guilty to all charged counts before he was released on his own recognizance with the condition that he is prohibited from operating a business unless it is properly insured with worker's compensation coverage noted the Ventura County District Attorney's Office.

According to the complaint filed in Ventura County Superior Court, each count represents a separate policy year that Slatky is alleged to have intentionally underreported the number of employees at his business to his worker's compensation insurance carrier.

Slotky allegedly reported having no employees between July of 2019 and July of 2025, significantly reducing his premium payments while using cash to pay multiple employees at construction projects his company Grand Custom were tasked with completing detailed the Ventura County District Attorney's Office.

Financial records recovered during an investigation by the local prosecutor's office revealed that Grand Custom conducted millions of dollars in business income during the six-year period alongside "substantial cash withdrawls" that the Ventura County District Attorney's Office believes were used for payroll purposes.

The Ventura County District Attorney's Office shared that Slatky is facing a special enhancement that the losses exceeded $100,000 and aggravating factors including that the allegations involve both attempted and actual taking as well as the manner in which the alleged crimes were carried out indicate planning, sophistication, or professionalism.

Slatky is currently scheduled for an early disposition conference on April 30 of this year.

He faces up to six years and four months in state prison if convicted and if the enhancement is found true, his potential prison sentence becomes mandatory shared the Ventura County District Attorney's Office.

Your News Channel reached out to Grand Custom for comment and more information about the allegations, but after calling the business and detailing the nature of the call, the person who answered hung up.