Turlock Postal Worker Charged with Work Comp Fraud

Federal prosecutors announced Friday the indictment of a Turlock, Calif., Postal Service worker on 30 counts of mail fraud and two counts of federal workers' compensation fraud.Karina S. Beard, 44, is accused of lying about the extent of her injuries in order to collect benefits from October 2006 through January 2009, according to a press release from U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner, with the Department of Justice's Eastern District of California.Wagner's office said doctors placed restrictions on Beard's activities because of her claimed injuries. Investigators say they obser...