High Court Upholds Forfeiture of Officer's Pension Benefits Due to Fraud Conviction

Massachusetts’ highest court upheld the forfeiture of a former correctional officer’s retirement allowance based on his commission of workers’ compensation fraud after he retired from duty. Paul Mahan worked as a corrections officer for the Suffolk County Sheriff's Department after having been an employee of the City of Boston. In August 2000, Mahan injured his knee while attempting to restrain an inmate. His doctors directed him to stop working. Mahan received total incapacity workers’ compensation benefits from August 2000 through August 2003, then beg...