INSURANCE

State Fund Alleges Workers’ Comp Scam: The State Compensation Insurance Fund filed a federal racketeering suit against a group of individuals and firms, mainly in Orange County, involved in the temporary employment business. The fund, a state agency that sells workers’ compensation insurance, says the defendants defrauded it of more than $6 million. The fund contends that the defendants duped it into undercharging for its workers’ compensation insurance by misrepresenting, among other things, the number and type of employees at their temporary employment firms. A lawyer for the fund said the main target of the suit is Vincent M. Marconi of Seal Beach, who could not be reached for comment. Pacific Payroll Service of Anaheim and Budget Payroll Service of Ontario were among others named as defendants.