A high-paid Los Angeles County Fire Department captain allegedly faked a workplace injury and forged doctors’ notes to rake in more than $25,000 in disability payments, prosecutors said.

Thomas Merryman, 45, is accused of pocketing the big payouts after claiming he was hurt on the job when he wasn’t even working, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.

Prosecutors said the alleged fraudster forged the names of a fellow fire captain and doctor on bogus paperwork to score long-term disability benefits from Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company.

Thomas Merryman, 45, is accused of pocketing the large payouts after claiming he was hurt on the job. lacountyfd/Instagram

Merryman, believed to live in Georgetown, Texas, swindled the insurance company out of more t

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