Former Postal Worker Sentenced to 30 Months for Fraud

A former postal worker who pleaded guilty to charges relating to receiving more than $732,000 in benefits to which he was not entitled was sentenced to 30 months in prison, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida announced. George Utley, 56, pleaded guilty to receiving stolen government property in February and was sentenced Monday. Former mail handler Utley started receiving workers’ compensation benefits in 2009 for a work-related back injury. Prosecutors said he failed to truthfully report prior accidents, other sources of income and improvements in ...