Federal Appellate Court Upholds Former Postal Worker's Conviction for Comp Fraud

The U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a former postal worker’s convictions for worker’s compensation fraud, as substantial evidence established that the worker had lied about her medical condition for 15 years. Case: U.S. v. Gutman, No. 16-4189, 10/04/2017, unpublished. Facts: Carol-Lisa Gutman injured her back in 1987 while working for the U.S. Postal Service. Between 2001 and 2016, she repeatedly told her doctors that her back injury limited her physical activities and that she was essentially housebound.  However, a private investigator captured video footage of G...