Civilian Navy Worker Charged With Defrauding Federal Comp Program

A former civilian employee for the U.S. Navy has been charged with double dipping and defrauding the federal workers' compensation program after he failed to report three years of income while he said he was disabled. David Burley, 67, of Bayboro, North Carolina, was charged this week with fraud, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina announced in a news release. Federal workers are required to report all jobs, income, volunteer work and improvement in medical condition while receiving federal comp benefits. Burley failed to report income from 2015 through 2018, and...