USPS Letter Carrier Indicted for Double Dipping

Authorities have indicted a Michigan postal worker on federal fraud charges based on allegations that she lied to obtain workers' compensation benefits.Federal prosecutors indicted Laurice D. Poplar on seven counts of wire fraud and one count of making false statements to obtain workers' compensation benefits.Poplar, a letter carrier for the U.S. Postal Service in Flint, Mich., obtained workers' compensation benefits for a September 2010 injury. She continued to receive temporary total disability benefits while working at Connections Apparel, a clothing store in Burton, Mich. The s...