owcp fraud

Dec 21st

Ex-Postal Worker Pleads Guilty to Making False Statements to Obtain Up to $62,690 in Disability Compensation

While Claiming Disability, Postal Carrier Received Compensation for Variety of Jobs, Including as a Snow Plow Driver, Plumber, and Field Supervisor for a Home Improvement Company 12/21/2020 Greenbelt, Maryland – Ronald S. Repass, age 57, of Poolesville, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to the federal charge of making false statements or fraud to obtain federal employees’ […]

Jan 15th

Pharmacist Admits Role In Multimillion-Dollar Health Care Fraud Scheme involving hundreds of Injured Postal Workers

1/15/2020 NEWARK, N.J. – A Bergen County, New Jersey, woman today admitted participating in a conspiracy to commit health care fraud, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. Estela Blaustein, 55, of Mahwah, New Jersey, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Susan D. Wigenton in Newark federal court to an information charging her with one count […]

Oct 11th

Minnesota postal worker admits Workers Comp Fraud after observed running in dog agility competitions

October 11, 2019 United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the guilty plea of LISA ANN SCHAFER, 57, for stealing $108,490.47 in federal disability benefits. SCHAFER, who was charged via felony information on September 24, 2019, entered her guilty plea before Judge Eric C. Tostrud in U.S. District Court in St. Paul, Minnesota. According […]

Sep 1st

Former Postal Worker Charged with Making False Statements to Obtain More than $160,000 in Disability Benefits

8/31/18 Defendant Caught on Video Working at Flea Markets in Brooklyn and Manhattan, Lifting and Carrying Heavy Objects A complaint was unsealed earlier today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Joseph Penatello, a former motor vehicle operator for the United States Postal Service (USPS), with making false statements to obtain federal employees’ compensation.  Penatello was […]

Sep 29th

Man who worked for USPS 6 months, then filed fraudulent OWCP claim pleads guilty

9/28/2017 SACRAMENTO, Calif. —Michael McCree, 65, of Vacaville, CA, pleaded guilty today to one count of mail fraud, United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. According to court documents, McCree worked for the United States Post Office for approximately six months in 1988 and 1989, before he filed a workers’ compensation claim for an alleged […]

Sep 18th

NJ Postal Employee charged for $75,000 Workers’ Comp fraud after getting caught zip lining

New Jersey Postal Employee from Cape May County Charged with Stealing More than $75,000 in Federal Workers’ Compensation Benefits after Vacation Photos Allegedly Show Him Zip Lining and Rappelling 9/18/2017 TRENTON – Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino and the Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor (OIFP) announced today that a U.S. Postal Service employee form […]

Aug 27th

Former Montana Postal Employee Convicted for $693,403 Workers’ Comp Fraud

8/25/2017 GREAT FALLS – The United States Attorney’s Office announced a federal court convicted Deborah Joy Durand of False Statements to Obtain Federal Employees’ Compensation Benefits, Wire Fraud, False Claims Relating to Workers’ Compensation Benefits, and Theft of Government Property.   U.S. District Judge Brian Morris presided over the 3-day trial. At trial, the government presented […]

Aug 14th

Ohio postal worker too injured to work but seen riding amusement park rides pleads guilty

8/14/17 The former West Carrollton postal worker too injured to work but allegedly seen vacationing and riding amusement park rides reached a plea deal Monday with federal prosecutors. Laticha Schroyer’s trial on counts of theft and false statements related to federal workers’ compensation benefits was to begin Tuesday in Dayton’s U.S. District Court. Instead, Schroyer, […]

Jul 21st

Massachusetts Letter Carrier Pleads Guilty to Worker’s Compensation Fraud

BOSTON – A former U.S. Postal Service employee pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to fraudulently obtaining worker’s compensation for medical travel. Joseph Scimone, 72, of Stoneham, pleaded guilty to one count of fraud in obtaining federal employee compensation and was sentenced by U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge Marianne Bowler to three months […]

Mar 25th

Federal Grand Jury Indicts 8 Individuals Charged In $158 Million OWCP Health Care Fraud Scheme

March 24, 2017 DALLAS – An indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Dallas this week, and unsealed today, charges eight individuals with offenses related to their participation in a health care fraud scheme, announced John Parker, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas. The defendants charged are:      Jamshid Noryian, aka “James […]