TSA Officer to Serve 366 Days for Stealing Comp Benefits

The U.S. Attorney’s Office in South Carolina announced that a former Transportation Security Administration officer was sentenced to 366 days in federal prison after pleading guilty to stealing nearly $150,000 in workers’ compensation benefits. Emmanuel Papas, 52, started receiving federal workers’ compensation benefits after he was injured in 2004 while working as a transportation security officer at Newark International Liberty Airport. A subsequent investigation found evidence that Papas worked at three granite shops near Myrtle Beach from March 2009 through February 202...