A former employee of the United States Postal Service pleaded guilty to fraudulently collecting approximately $265,000 in benefits by exaggerating her medical condition and other acts, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Robert LaPina, Special Agent in Charge for the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General. […]
(June 14) A Whittier psychologist was arrested this morning following his indictment for allegedly orchestrating a scheme to bill the federal government nearly $1 million for medical treatments for fabricated psychological conditions. The indictment handed down June 8 charges clinical psychologist Arnold P. Nerenberg, 69, co-founder of the Whittier-based World Legion of Power bodybuilding organization, […]
The Office Of Workers’ Compensation Programs has laid out several reforms for FECA. Below is the prepared testimony of Acting Director Gary Steinberg for April 13, 2011 House Subcommittee Hearing On FECA:
Postal Supervisor Claimed A Hostile Work Environment aggravated his medical condition and USPS failed to investigate. The following facts are based upon the allegations in John Pell’s amended complaint filed in the United States District Court and information from the EEOC case. Pell is a former employee of the USPS who worked at the Framingham, […]
SYRACUSE, New York — A former U.S. Postal Service employee from Prospect was indicted Wednesday on federal worker’s compensation charges, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Syracuse said. Kimberly Morris, 36, allegedly falsely claimed that a work-related injury prevented her from performing any duties with the Postal Service between April 4 and June 3, 2010, when she […]
Sen. Collins’ Bill Would End Perverse Incentives Keeping People on a More Lucrative System into Retirement Years February 2, 2011 Senator Susan Collins, Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee today introduced legislation to stop the costly and escalating abuses of the federal workers’ compensation system. The Federal Employment Compensation Act […]
The USPS Office Of Inspector General asked readers the following question: What can the Postal Service do to reduce workers’ compensation costs? In fiscal year 2009, the Postal Service workers’ compensation expense was approximately $2.2 billion, an 81 percent increase from $1.2 billion in FY 2008. These costs include $55 million in DOL administrative fees […]
Press Release from the United States Attorney, Northern District of Ohio (January 27, 2011) Former postal employee Norman J. Motko, Jr., 61, of Cleveland, was sentenced to five months imprisonment and ordered to pay $116,980.34 in restitution after previously pleading guilty to worker’s compensation fraud, Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District […]
DOUGLAS S. MARSHALL, of Guayanilla, Puerto Rico, pro se. ELIZABETH A. SPECK, Trial Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, for respondent. With her on the brief were TONY WEST, Assistant Attorney General, JEANNE E. DAVIDSON, Director, and KENNETH M. DINTZER, Assistant Director. __________________________ MARSHALL v. USPS 2 […]
Press release from the Federal Bureau Of Investigation SANTA ANA, CA—Two brothers pleaded not guilty today to federal charges that allege they submitted bills that fraudulently sought hundreds of thousands of dollars from a government workers’ compensation program for supposedly transporting injured Postal Service employees to medical appointments that never took place. Roman “Mike” Aghajanyan, […]