Federal Employees Exaggerated Alleged Injuries Incurred On the Job and, in Some Cases, Failed to Disclose Other Sources of Income Earned While Collecting Federal Disability Payments Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Rafael A. Medina, the Special Agent-in-Charge of United States Postal Service, Office of Inspector General (“USPS-OIG”), […]
Busted giving massages despite shoulder injury preventing him from delivering mail LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Wayne Lu, 53 of Torrance is in custody on charges of alleged workers’ compensation fraud associated with an injury received during his employment with the U.S. Postal Service. Detectives from the California Department of Insurance, with the assistance of U.S. […]
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – On Apr. 4, 2014, Carol J Pazder, 61, and Richard Pazder, 67, of Maryville, Tenn., appeared in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Knoxville. Carol J. Pazder pleaded guilty to providing false statements to obtain federal employees benefits. Her husband, Richard Pazder, pleaded guilty to aiding and […]
Baltimore, Maryland – Christopher Michael O’Brien, age 40, of Eldersburg, Maryland pleaded guilty today to making false statements to obtain federal employee’s compensation. The guilty plea was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein and Special Agent in Charge Paul Bowman of the U.S. Postal Service, Office of Inspector […]
GAO: Action Needed to Address Unfunded Benefit Liabilities USPS continues to be in a serious financial crisis, with insufficient revenue to cover its expenses and financial obligations as the volume of USPS’s most profitable product, First-Class Mail, continues to decline. At the end of fiscal year 2013, USPS had about $100 billion in unfunded liabilities: […]
By Robert R. McGill, Federal Disability Retirement Attorney Change is an inevitable phenomenon. The anomaly of life is that change is the single stability of expectation. From ancient times, beginning with the Pre-Socratic Greek Philosopher, Parmenides, there has always been a recognition that constancy of flux is an inevitability, and beyond the proverbial certainty of […]
BUFFALO, N.Y.– U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Richard Klaffka, 56, of Holland, N.Y., was charged by criminal complaint in connection with the defendant’s receipt of benefits from the Veterans’ Administration and Workers’ Compensation under false pretenses. Klaffka is charged with making false statements, mail fraud, wire fraud, and fraud. The charges […]
The Far North Dallas psychologist said he treated a single postal worker seven days a week, up to eight hours a day. A federal billing contractor responded by paying the therapist more than $1 million, court records say. Now Michael Ellis Wolf, 62, has pleaded guilty to a five-year health care fraud scheme and agreed […]
California postal worker sentenced for defrauding three federal agencies SACRAMENTO, Calif. — United States District Judge Lawrence K. Karlton sentenced Robert Daniel Castillo, 50, of Vacaville, today to one year and one day in prison for workers’ compensation and disability benefits fraud, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. Judge Karlton ordered Castillo to pay […]
Many postal employees are wondering how the government shutdown is affecting Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs (OWCP) claims. The adjudication of OWCP claims and the payment of workers’ compensation benefits are considered essential work, so the claims examiners who are assigned these duties in the Department of Labor’s field offices are continuing to work. Employees […]