Postal Worker Convicted for Submitting $46K in False Travel Claims

A federal jury convicted a Texas postal worker of theft of public money for submitting $46,000 in false travel reimbursement claims for treatment of an on-the-job injury. Lisa Yvette Coffman, of Humble, Texas, has worked for the U.S. Postal Service for 29 years when she was injured on the job in 2011. Prosecutors say she submitted reimbursement claims for a travel to medical appointments that were far in excess of the actual number of trips that she made.  A jury deliberated for an hour before returning the guilty finding after a three-day trial for charges brought by the U.S. Atto...