Ten USPS employees, 1 Navy worker charged with disability fraud

Published May 7, 2014 4:00am ET



Eleven federal employees have been charged with fraudulently obtaining federal disability compensation benefits, according to the U.S. Postal Service inspector general.

The 11 — including 10 USPS employees and one U.S. Navy civilian employee — falsely claimed to be injured or disabled, and some also failed to report income they were getting despite saying they couldn’t work, the IG said in a statement.

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