Former Selectwoman Convicted on Comp Charges

A federal jury in Maine convicted a former selectwoman from Chelsea, Maine, late Friday of filing false income tax returns and making false statements to obtain workers' compensation benefits in 2008 and 2010, the Kennebec Journal reported.Carole Swan, 55, was acquitted of charges that she defrauded the local government in Chelsea on a culvert repair project and on two of four charges that she defrauded the U.S. Office of Workers' Compensation Programs. She was convicted of filing false claims to obtain federal benefits in 2008 and 2010 and for filing false income tax returns for the y...