Agents with Attorney General Liz Murrill’s Louisiana Bureau of Investigation arrested a man from West Monroe on January 8, 2025.

61-year-old Peter Casico, of Del Ray Drive in West Monroe, was arrested for violating:

• LA RS 23:108; Misrepresentation concerning benefit payments (Felony)

An investigation by the LBI – Baton Rouge Office into the conduct of Casico following a judgment by the Louisiana Worker’s Compensation Court ruled Casico provided misinformation to obtain benefit payments from January 2021 to May of 2023, which totaled $109,060 in income benefits and $80,511 in medical costs.

Casico is a former Toyota of Bastrop employee who defrauded the program of over $189,000.

His bond has reportedly been set at $7,500.

The investigation is ongoing.