A Los Angeles County Fire Department captain was charged with making a false disability claim to insurance for an injury that allegedly did not happen while he was at work, prosecutors said on Friday.

Thomas Merryman, 45, was charged with one count of felony insurance fraud, one felony count of false personation and two felony counts of forgery, according to a news release from the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office.

Merryman is accused of fraudulently claiming long-term disability benefits by submitting forged paperwork from a physician and another LACoFD captain to the Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company, according to the DA's Office. They say that he defrauded the company of more than $25,000.

"Fake disability claims will not be tolerated under my watch, especially

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