Mail carrier didn’t report construction job while on worker’s comp in NY, feds say
A former letter carrier from New York was sentenced to probation after prosecutors said he didn’t report money he earned in construction while collecting workers’ compensation.
The 36-year-old man, from Auburn, hurt his ankle while working for the U.S. Postal Service, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of New York.
He received workers’ compensation benefits and was told to report any outside earnings, prosecutors said in a March 20 news release. But, he filed “multiple false claims affirming that he had not worked outside of his federal job,” while earning money in construction, prosecutors said.
He received nearly $15,000 in workers’ compensation benefits “as a result of the false statements,” according to prosecutors.
The man was sentenced to three years of probation and ordered to pay restitution, plus a $400 special assessment, prosecutors said.
He pleaded guilty last year to four counts of making a false statement to obtain federal employees’ compensation, prosecutors said.
His attorney declined to comment in a March 21 email to McClatchy News.
In a court filing, she said the workers’ compensation benefit payments “arrived sporadically” and her client wasn’t able to pay his bills on time. He showed remorse for his actions, the filing said.
Auburn is about a 30-mile drive southwest from Syracuse.
This story was originally published March 21, 2025 at 6:29 PM with the headline "Mail carrier didn’t report construction job while on worker’s comp in NY, feds say."
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