Federal Judge to Say whether Government's Fraud Investigation of Worker Was Improper

A federal trial judge in Oregon is set to decide whether the U.S. government went too far in its efforts to discover the true extent of an injured mail carrier's disability, by setting him up for a sham deep-sea fishing expedition and vocational rehabilitation interview. Brian W. Hendricks, a 41-year-old decorated veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps., established a claim for benefits under the Federal Employee Compensation Act in 2010, after an on-the-job car accident. He now stands accused of having deliberately concealed improvements in his medical condition since then, which allowed him ...