A man who worked as a Los Angeles County Fire Department captain was charged Friday with insurance fraud and other counts for allegedly fraudulently claiming long-term disability insurance.

Thomas Merryman — who is believed to currently reside in Georgetown, Texas — is scheduled to be arraigned Sept. 9 on one felony count each of insurance fraud and false personation and two felony counts of forgery, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.

Merryman, 44, is accused of fraudulently claiming long-term disability benefits from Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Co. by allegedly submitting forged paperwork and defrauding the insurance company of more than $25,000 involving an alleged fraudulent claim for a work injury while he was not at work, according to the District

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